Talk:respair

Obsolete word
While I love the word respair I feel it should be noted as "obsolete". OED labels it as such, and the verb is considered Middle English (pre-1500). It started to gain a bit of resurgence during the 2020s, but most of it is just talking about the word. I don't see any regular usage outside of "this is a cool old word". Yekrats (talk) 16:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Wait - I just found a proper usage in Vanity Fair (September 1 2020) "On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic": https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/jesmyn-ward-on-husbands-death-and-grief-during-covid Yekrats (talk) 16:51, 3 January 2024 (UTC)