rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeatThe unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat
UK/ˌɹuːbɑˈtəʊ.sɪs/US/ˌɹubɑˈtoʊ.sɪs/
Meaning
1 senses(neologism, uncountable)The unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat
Origin
Presumably rubato + -osis. Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012 asPresumably rubato + -osis. Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012 as part of his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows project.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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