Wednesday Word: Weltschmerz

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Weltschmerz - a German word encapsulating the feeling of world weariness and melancholy. It was coined by German Romantic author Jean Paul.

Weltschmerz is not a new phenomenom--Paul passed away in 1825--and surely he gave a name to something long intangible.

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