adronitis

English

Etymology

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, with reference to Latin andronitis, described by him as a "hallway connecting the front part of the house with a complex inner atrium" in Ancient Roman architecture. According to Koenig, "one quirk of Roman houses" is that front rooms generally have Greek names while back rooms have Latin names, something he saw as characteristic of "your outer self and your inner self […] speaking in completely different languages."

Noun

adronitis (uncountable)

1. (neologism, rare) Frustration with the amount of time required to become truly familiar with someone.
   • 2019, Jonna Wahl, Bloody Bloom, unnumbered page:

     Still, he contained^[sic] his silent streak and finally, I just hung up with a feeling of adronitis.

   • 2019, Quashon Mayes, “Chilly Log Cabin Vibes”, in Geniuses Don't Belong In The Hood, unnumbered page:

     The more I learn
     The more different I become
     I begin to to^[sic] feel mauerbauertraurigkeit
     On top of adronitis

   • 2019, Zaffa Khalid, Deep Thinking, page 5:

     Adronitis makes me not want to communicate with people.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adronitis.