The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty - 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel - Tiffany Watt Smith 2016

Brabant

You know it’s not a good idea, and likely to backfire. But you just can’t resist wondering what would happen if…

In The Deeper Meaning of Liff Douglas Adams and John Lloyd gave this glint of a feeling a name. Brabant: “very much inclined to see how far you can push someone.”

See also: PERVERSITY; ILINX.