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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thanatik, adj. (Cf. 19th c. Eng. thanatic (1860), Gk. θανατικ-ός of or belonging to death, deadly.) —1609 Garden Garden 2.
Most powerfull peers, cheef pillers of th'empire … Those lurid, sad, and those thanatik theams, I consecrat to your most noble nam's
