lepoisuuden

Lepoisuus is a Finnish noun that denotes the quality or state of being at rest, calm, or tranquil. It captures restfulness or repose and is often used to describe the mood of a person, place, or scene. In English-language discussions of Finnish aesthetics, it is commonly rendered as restfulness or serenity, but lepoisuus carries a distinctly Finnish sensibility of quiet ease.

The word is formed from the base lepo, meaning rest, with the abstract-noun suffix -isuus, which marks a state or quality. The genitive form lepoisuuden is used when describing something characterized by or imbued with restfulness, as in "the lepoisuuden of the landscape" or "the calmness of the moment."

In literature and aesthetics, lepoisuus is used to describe an atmosphere of stillness, soft light, and unhurried tempo. It can refer to a tranquil landscape, a reflective mood in prose, or the overall tone of a work. The term is primarily literary or poetic; it is less common as a clinical or formal psychological designation.

Related Finnish terms include rauhallisuus (calmness), seesteisyys (serenity), and leppoisuus (laid-back ease). The adjective lepoisa or leppoisa expresses similar ideas of ease and comfort, and the adverb leppoisasti describes doing something with ease.