Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AT'A-RAX-Y
AT'A-RAX-Y, n. [Gr. αταραχος, of α privative and ταραχη, tumult.]
Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics to denote freedom from the emotions which proceed from vanity and self-conceit. – Encyc.
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