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   • Arcanya :arcanya:
   @Arcana They vastly reduced the words listed and vastly simplified the definitions
   
   For comparison, pathos:
   
   modern
   
   a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
   
   1913
   
   Pa"thos, n. 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos.
   
   2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
   
   Pa"thos (?), n. [L., from Gr. pa`qos a suffering, passion, fr. ?, ?, to suffer; cf. ? toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient.] That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.
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     • Arcanya :arcanya:
     @hidden @Arcana sounds like you would like the oed
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     • Arcanya :arcanya:
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     @hidden @Arcana but yes this has been a trend that has been occuring everywhere for quite a while and the implications of it disturb me
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     • Arcanya :arcanya:
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     @hidden @allison @Arcana I learned that requiem means 'a mass for the tranquility of the dead' today. I knew the word but didn't know what it means.
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     • Arcanya :arcanya:
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     @allison @Arcana The amount of words in circulation is growing smaller and smaller