meteorosensitive adjective
UK /ˌmiː.ti.ə.rəˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/ US /ˌmiː.t̬i.ɚ.əˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/
easily affected physically or emotionally by changes in the weather
Fed up with the rain? You might be meteorosensitive. Turns out there’s a term for weather-related depression. Psychologists have identified it as a meteorosensitivity, when our mental and physical health is affected by changes in the weather. If you’re meteorosensitive the weather can cause aches and pains and impact cognitive function, as well as making you moody.
[thetimes.com, 6 February 2026]
wet bulb temperature noun [C]
UK /ˌwet ˈbʌlb ˌtem.prə.tʃəʳ/ US /ˌwet ˈbʌlb ˌtem.pɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
a measurement that combines air temperature and humidity to show how easily the body can cool down through the evaporation of sweat
You might have heard the term wet bulb temperature being mentioned in the news in recent years, and there’s a reason for that. As the climate heats up, the risk of surpassing this dangerous temperature threshold is rising, and in some regions, it’s already happening. What makes this so concerning is that high wet bulb temperatures don’t just signal intense heat; they represent conditions that are deadly for humans.
[greenly.earth, 11 July 2025]
sunxiety noun [U]
UK /sʌnˈzaɪ.ə.ti/ US /sʌnˈzaɪ.ə.t̬i/
the worry someone feels about their skin being exposed to the sun’s rays
The sun care market continues to grow year over year, and several reports show a growing trend of “sunxiety” – anxiety related to sun exposure – among consumers. Many consumers are worried about getting skin damage and feel unrelaxed when exposed to the sun.
[personalcaremagazine.com, 15 April 2025]
Yay!
We finally have a word for how we might feel around the sun’s rays and how they affect us in the future.
Also: wet bulbs affect Grand Slams a lot – AusOpen world leader in this.
Didn’t we formerly suffer barometric sensitivity?
Another quick concern:
could greenly.earth be accused of greenwashing the situation?
[or: heaven forfend! Astroturfing!]
Very interesting! Thanks.
pretty good writting job! thanks for sharing it 😉
I think another word should be rationality that can mean your scared of animals
Remember that the suffix for anxiety – is -iety
[like satiety].
A lot of “fearful” words in English take on -phobia or -phobie/ -phoby.
[some of the more “hateful” words take on -misia].
And rationality does not usually include fear – though we CAN have rational fears of many things.
[or fears we can think are reasonable and rational].
Remember, too, that one of the words for “animal” is “animus” or “anima”
and we will have to think about what kind of animals of which you are fearful:
for example – mammals; monotremes; vertebrates.
Perhaps you are particularly frightened of herd animals or of pets or even animals in the zoo.
Zoophobia might work in this instance – though it might be a more generalised fear of life!
meteorosensitive is a weird word–sensitive to meteors? (“the streaks of light that you see in the sky when a small piece of cometary or asteroidal material enters the atmosphere at high speed and burns up).
Meteosensitive would be less ambiguous.
YH:
I hadn’t thought of meteor v meteo being less ambiguous; though I do agree.
Meteor DOES have the association you described here.
And how do we say the e’s? [do they make new syllables and are they long or short?]
I have a feeling the “oro” might have got in the way!
wow
Wow, this section is really interesting. Thanks for sharing new words I haven´t heard before.