rubatosis

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English

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Etymology

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Presumably rubato +‎ -osis. Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012 as part of his The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows project.

Noun

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rubatosis (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat
    • 2015 September, Gustaf Vonsheilds, Palm Spring Whispers, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 105:
      Amador rocked me slowly in that amniotic tranquility and I started to get sleepy. I could hear the unsettling rubatosis of my beating heart.
    • 2016, Asif Anwar, Fainting Pulse: ICU Chronicles, →ISBN, page 113:
      Avis stopped in his tracks and wheeled around, thinking something had gone wrong—a moment of rubatosis.
    • 2019, Jonna Wahl, Bloody Bloom, →ISBN:
      My skin brushed up against his soft hand, sending lightning throughout my body and a strong feeling of rubatosis.

Usage notes

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While defined by Koenig as a sensation (“unsettling awareness”), some authors employ the term as a synonym of palpitation – not the sensation but the heartbeat itself.

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