eucatastrophe
noun/ˌjuːkəˈtæstɹəfi/UK/ˌjukəˈtæstɹəfi/US
Etymology
From eu- + catastrophe, coined by English author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien in 1944 as part of a letter: see quotation.
- derived from καταστροφή
Definitions
A catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the…
A catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the protagonist's well-being.
- Let us hymn the small but journal wonders of Nature and of households, and then finish on a serio-comic note with legends of ultimate eucatastrophe, regeneration beyond the waters.
- The "problem" of T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot comes partly from our post-Christian sense of a world where Tolkien's eucatastrophes never happen, and partly from the way we write biography.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for eucatastrophe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA