jouissance (fr)

physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy; the concept featured heavily in the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan's and was expanded on by Roland Barthes for literary theory, to contrast with mere "pleasure" derived from reading texts that don't challenge the reader as a subject. can also refer to pleasure that devolves into pain

juvenescence (en)

youth

lachrymose (en)

(adjective) given to tears or weeping; tearful / (adjective) tending to cause tears; mournful

lacuna (en)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

lambent (en)

(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

lapidary (en)

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

lapsarianism (en)

the idea that humanity has fallen from a better state

liminal (en)

ambiguous; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold

limn (en)

(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light

lucent (en)

(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjective) marked by clarity or translucence; clear

mediated (en)

intervened with, through an intermediary

mimetic (en)

imitation, especially imitative representation of the real world in art and literature

multifarious (en)

having many varied parts or aspects; multifaceted

multivalent (en)

(adj) having or susceptible to many applications, interpretations, meanings, or values

numinous (en)

(adjective) supernatural mysterious / (adjective) filled with a sense of the presence of divinity; holy / (adjective) appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense; spiritual

obviate (en)

(verb) to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)

oneiric (en)

(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy

pallid (en)

(adjective) deficient in color; wan / (adjective) lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull

panegyric (en)

(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

parlor-pink (en)

related to the slang term "Pinko", which was coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism; often used, derogatorily, to describe anyone perceived to have leftist or socialist sympathies

parlous (en)

(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

parochial (en)

relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

paucity (en)

the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

pellucid (en)

translucently clear

penumbra (en)

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object