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THANATOPSIS

Definition: THANATOPSIS

THANATOPSIS

Noun

1. A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "THANATOPSIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references)

Etymology: Thanatopsis \Than`a*top"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression qa`natos death 'o`psis view.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Modern Usage: THANATOPSIS

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Thanatopsis (1962)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: THANATOPSIS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Doktor Bey's book of the dead : embracing a complete thanatopsis, with chapters relating to burial and etiquette (reference)

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Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: THANATOPSIS

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The Frontier trooper's thanatopsis / from the painting by Frederic Remington.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: THANATOPSIS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

thanatopsis

60

bryant cullen thanatopsis william

4

poem thanatopsis

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: THANATOPSIS

Language Translations for "THANATOPSIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

elmélkedés a halálról. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anatopsisthay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "THANATOPSIS"

Words rhyming with "THANATOPSIS" (pronounced 'Than`a*top"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: THANATOPSIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-n-o-p-s-s-t-t"

-1 letter: antipastos.

-2 letters: antipasto, phantasts.

-3 letters: anopsias, aphonias, astonish, paisanos, pastinas, phantast, satanist, shaitans, snapshot, stations, thanatos.

-4 letters: anattos, anopias, anopsia, antipot, aphonia, attains, hatpins, paisano, paisans, passant, passion, pastina, patinas, pinatas, pissant, pistons, postins, ptisans, sapotas, shaitan, shantis, siphons, sonatas, sonship, sophist, sottish, spintos, station, stonish, taipans, tanists.

-5 letters: anatto, anopia, aspish, attain, hansas, hatpin.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-n-o-p-s-s-t-t"
 

+4 letters: accountantships.

 

+5 letters: anthropopathisms, hospitalizations, hypostatizations, phosphatizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: THANATOPSIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 48 41 4E 41 54 4F 50 53 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    ....    .-    -.    .-    -    ---    .--.    ...    ..    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001000 01000001 01001110 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010000 01010011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#72 &#65 &#78 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#80 &#83 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0048 0041 004E 0041 0054 004F 0050 0053 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5442354835544950534353

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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