Why “incensement” is a great word
INCENSEMENT — [Noun] A state of being inflamed with anger or exasperation; also, a measured output or response of a system. From the verb 'incense' (meaning to inflame with anger, from Old French *encenser*, from Latin *incendere*, 'to set on fire') + the noun-forming suffix '-ment' (denoting an action, state, or result). Unlike 'ire,' which suggests a formal, often righteous anger, or 'output,' a general term for any product, incensement is the specific heat of the combustion itself. It is the crimson flush rising in the cheeks at a perceived slight, the precise voltage spike a circuit emits under overload, and the sharp metric spike on a graph tracking system failure—the cold quantification of a soul set alight.