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janeandtonic commented on the list pith-list--kafka
pith list: 1 person + 1 word to describe them. //the more resonance across shades of meaning, the better ;)
1 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avoir_le_cafard
Etymologyedit
This term originated from poetry writter Beaudelaire, in "Les Fleurs du mal" in 1857. Le cafard came to mean an extreme depression or sense of pointlessness.
Verbedit
avoir le cafard
(idiomatic) to have the blues
2 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cafard
Definition of CAFARD
: severe depression or apathy —used especially of white men in the tropics
Origin of CAFARD
French, literally, cockroach, from Middle French, cockroach, hypocrite, modification of Arabic kāfir infidel — more at kaffir
First Known Use: 1915
April 8, 2015
janeandtonic commented on the list pith-list--kafka
pith list: 1 person + 1 word to describe them. //the more resonance across shades of meaning, the better ;)
1 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avoir_le_cafard
Etymologyedit
This term originated from poetry writter Beaudelaire, in "Les Fleurs du mal" in 1857. Le cafard came to mean an extreme depression or sense of pointlessness.
Verbedit
avoir le cafard
(idiomatic) to have the blues
2 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cafard
Definition of CAFARD
: severe depression or apathy —used especially of white men in the tropics
Origin of CAFARD
French, literally, cockroach, from Middle French, cockroach, hypocrite, modification of Arabic kāfir infidel — more at kaffir
First Known Use: 1915
April 8, 2015