WELTSCHMERTZ

Welt"schmertz`, n. [G., fr. welt world + schmertz pain. See World; Smart, v. i.]

Definition: Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of the world in general; sentimental pessimism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 February 2025

SCRAP

(noun) a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; “she jotted it on a scrap of paper”; “there was not a scrap left”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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