English
exulansis
Exulansis may come from Latin exulāns ‘exiling’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexulāns‘exiling’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2019exulansis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexulāns‘exiling’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2019exulansis
Earliest quotation: 2019, Sara Beam, Emily Dial-Driver: “I am constantly struck by overwhelming feelings of exulansis—the…”
Formed from exulāns ‘exiling’ + -sis
The story
Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2015, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Latin exulāns (‘exiling; exile, wanderer’) + -sis (suffix forming nouns of condition).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.
Every English word from Latin exulāns
Today it means
noun Resignation to stop talking about an experience, because others cannot relate to it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exulāns / exulansis