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"Out of these two arise those mixed affections and passions of anger, which is a desire of revenge; hatred, which is inveterate anger; zeal, which is offended with him who hurts that he loves; and ἐπιχαιρεκακία [epikhairekakia], a compound affection of joy and hate, when we rejoice at other men's mischief, and are grieved at their prosperity; pride, self-love, emulation, envy, shame, &c., of which elsewhere."
- Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
in a like manner, we could suppose, then, that Burton couldn't bring himself to use the German thingname. < g >
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