Thanatoid

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

Just learned that it was Truman Capote who first used the word:

"We carted the old man into the restaurant and propped him up at a 
table. He looked exactly the same--thanatoid."

In Cold Blood

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thanatoid

(Vineland gets mentioned)


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