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Apr 11, 2006
This week's themeDeath and taxes This week's words publican thanatopsis impost anabiosis capitation Wordle Helper Help with Wordle / crosswords A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargthanatopsis(than-uh-TOP-sis)noun: A reflection upon death. [From Greek thanatos (death) + -opsis (appearance, view).] Thanatos is the Greek personification of death; thanatophobia is an abnormal fear of death. Thanatopsis is the title of an acclaimed poem by poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878).
"Subject to constant death threats, Dr. [Martin Luther] King 'had a thread
of thanatopsis, a preoccupation of his death.' It blistered through his
oratory. Canaan portrays a man aware his time would be brief and
despairing of realizing his dreams." X-BonusThe horse is not judged by the saddle. -German proverb |
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