English

Noun

epicaricacy ‎(uncountable)

1. (rare) Rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.

Usage notes

• The word is mentioned in some early dictionaries, but there is little or no evidence of actual usage until it was picked up by various "interesting word" websites around the turn of the twenty-first century.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:epicaricacy.

Synonyms

• schadenfreude

Translations

See also

• gloating
• sadism
• sardonic
• schadenfreude
• Ucalegon
• lulz

References

• Bailey, Nathan (1737) Universal Etymological English Dictionary, London
• Bailey, Nathan (1751) Dictionarium Britannicum, London
• Shipley, Joseph T. (1955) Dictionary of Early English, Philosophical Library, ISBN 13: 978-0806529264
• Novobatzky, Peter; Shea , Ammon (1955) Depraved and Insulting English, Harvest Books, ISBN 13: 978-0156011495