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16 July 2009
Czech Word of the Day No. 239

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The word of the day is škodolibost (škoda: damage, harm, or loss; libost: pleasure).

Škodolibost is the Český equivalent of German word schadenfreude which means “to take delight in the suffering or misfortune of another”.

2009-07-16  ::  somecanuckchick

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