Entry: thanatopic (adj.)
In context: "...everyone gets blackly drunk with thanatopic fury in the crispy November air..."
Definition: From the prefix thanato-: before a vowel thanat-, combining form of Greek θάνατος death, chiefly in scientific words.
Other: Lovely-looking/sounding word!
SNOOT score: 3
Page: 327
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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