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Word: seeksorrow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another matter. Johnson may not have known what a masochist was (the eponymous Herr von Masoch had not yet been born to give his name to those who find pleasure in their own pain), but Lexicographer Johnson had a word for the type of man: he was a "seeksorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Harmless Drudge | 3/29/1963 | See Source »

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