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schadenfreuder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.dɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From schadenfreude + -er.

Meanings

1. (rare) A person experiencing schadenfreude.
   • Unluck cleaving to him made him no schadenfreuder— What was plus or minus? He loved the least cat. a. 2017, Harry Mathews, In praise of Heinrich Heine:
   • One rehearsal, then the Reading in a large, professional rehearsal room before an audience of forty or fifty including interested producers, possible investor, skeptical staff, sages, agents, spies, a few friends, a few Schadenfreuders and the author. 2000, Arthur Laurents, Original story by: a memoir of Broadway and Hollywood, page 309:

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