October 31, 2011

thanatopsis

thanatopsis \than-uh-TOP-sis\ , noun;
1. A view or contemplation of death.
2. A poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
I don't contemplate death nearly as much as I do dying.

2 comments:

  1. AlisonOctober 31, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Θάνατος Thánatos

    just remembering my Greek ,a general word for dead ,death .

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  2. MikeNovember 1, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    Just went to Dictionary.com to check the origin of the word, but the site was down. It sounds sort of Greek, doesn't it?

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