rubatosis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹubɑˈtoʊ.sɪs/ (General-American)
- /ˌɹuːbɑˈtəʊ.sɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Presumably rubato + -osis. Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012 as part of his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows project.
Meanings
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(neologism, uncountable) The unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat
My skin brushed up against his soft hand, sending lightning throughout my body and a strong feeling of rubatosis.
2019, Jonna Wahl, Bloody Bloom, →ISBN:Avis stopped in his tracks and wheeled around, thinking something had gone wrong—a moment of rubatosis.
2016, Asif Anwar, Fainting Pulse: ICU Chronicles, →ISBN, page 113:Amador rocked me slowly in that amniotic tranquility and I started to get sleepy. I could hear the unsettling rubatosis of my beating heart.
2015 September, Gustaf Vonsheilds, Palm Spring Whispers, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 105: