thanatopsis
[than-uh-top-sis]
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noun
a view or contemplation of death.
(initial capital letter, italics) a poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
Origin of thanatopsis
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Do you think any city lad could have written "Thanatopsis" at eighteen?
Being a BoyCharles Dudley Warner
And from Bryant the concluding familiar lines of Thanatopsis.
A History of American LiteraturePercy H. Boynton
The importance of "Thanatopsis" is at once literary and historical.
He thought of "Thanatopsis," and of the "Elegy," both of which he admired greatly.
The "Genius"Theodore Dreiser
When she attended her second meeting of the Thanatopsis she said nothing about remaking the town.
Main StreetSinclair Lewis
thanatopsis
noun
Word Origin for thanatopsis
C19: from Greek thanatos death + opsis a view
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