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thanatopses
than·a·top·sis
/
ˌθæn
əˈtɒp
sɪs
/
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than-
uh
-
top
-sis
]
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noun
1.
a view or contemplation of death.
2.
(
initial capital letter, italics
)
a poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
Origin:
thanat(o)-
+
-opsis
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thanatopsis
(ˌθænəˈtɒpsɪs)
—
n
a meditation on death, as in a poem
[C19: from Greek
thanatos
death +
opsis
a view]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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