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scha⋅den⋅freu⋅de
[shahd-n-froi-duh] 
–noun
| satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. |
Origin:
1890–95; < G, equiv. to Schaden harm + Freude joy
1890–95; < G, equiv. to Schaden harm + Freude joy
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| scha·den·freu·de (shäd'n-froi'də) n. Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. [German : Schaden, damage (from Middle High German schade, from Old High German scado) + Freude, joy (from Middle High German vreude, from Old High German frewida, from frō, happy).] |
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schadenfreude
"malicious joy in the misfortunes of others," 1922, from Ger., lit. "damage-joy," from schaden "damage, harm, injury" (see scathe) + freude, from O.H.G. frewida "joy," from fro "happy," lit. "hopping for joy," from P.Gmc. *frawa- (see frolic).
"What a fearful thing is it that any language should have a word expressive of the pleasure which men feel at the calamities of others; for the existence of the word bears testimony to the existence of the thing. And yet in more than one such a word is found. ... In the Greek epikhairekakia, in the Germa
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