Books like Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World

TSUNDOKU (noun, Japanese)buying books and not reading them; letting them pile up unread on shelves or floors or nightstands.Somehow knowing that there's a name for it makes me feel less guilty. Look! People around the world have been doing it so much and for so long that we even need a word for it! I'm fine, I swear! *says, unpacking the 4th book that day*This was a lovely read, words can be such a thing of beauty.SMULTRONSTÄLLE (noun, c, Swedish)lit. "place of wild strawberries"; a special place discovered, treasured, returned to for solace and relaxation; a personal idyll free from stress or sadness.This is the perfect coffee table book, it's tiny and its strenght resides in its illustrations that are simply gorgeous.I felt though that too much space was given to the English language and, although I do really love her with all my heart, other languages deserve so much more. Plus I'm not a linguist but words such as "scintilla" have a Latin etymology so I wouldn't think them proper of the English language. We do have it in Italian as well. But this is just me being a party pooper, the book is absolutely stunning anyway and it was one of my self-bought Christmas presents for this year! HIRAETH (noun, m, Welsh)a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.*tears up a bit*