What is the stroke

of fortune?

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idioms Stroke was derived from the verb

strike: “act of striking,” p. 107. The meaning is simple, but easy. 1300,
probably from Old English *strac “stroke”, from Proto-Germanic *straik (cognates: Middle Low German strek, German streich, Gothic striks “stroke”, see stroke (v.).

The meaning “mark of a pen” is from European
tradition; that of “a striking of a clock” is from from late-15c.
Sense of ” feat, achievement ” (as in stroke of luck, 1843) first found 1670s; the
meaning “single pull of an oar or single movement of machinery” is from 1731.
Meaning “apoplectic seizure” is from the 1790s (originally the Stroke of God’s Hand).
Swimming sense was from 1800.

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What is the stroke

of fortune?

_{The Cambridge dictionary of American}

idioms Stroke was derived from the verb

strike: “act of striking,” p. 107. The meaning is simple, but easy. 1300,
probably from Old English *strac “stroke”, from Proto-Germanic *straik (cognates: Middle Low German strek, German streich, Gothic striks “stroke”, see stroke (v.).

The meaning “mark of a pen” is from European
tradition; that of “a striking of a clock” is from from late-15c.
Sense of ” feat, achievement ” (as in stroke of luck, 1843) first found 1670s; the
meaning “single pull of an oar or single movement of machinery” is from 1731.
Meaning “apoplectic seizure” is from the 1790s (originally the Stroke of God’s Hand).
Swimming sense was from 1800.

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What is the stroke

of fortune?

_{The Cambridge dictionary of American}

idioms Stroke was derived from the verb

strike: “act of striking,” p. 107. The meaning is simple, but easy. 1300,
probably from Old English *strac “stroke”, from Proto-Germanic *straik (cognates: Middle Low German strek, German streich, Gothic striks “stroke”, see stroke (v.).

The meaning “mark of a pen” is from European
tradition; that of “a striking of a clock” is from from late-15c.
Sense of ” feat, achievement ” (as in stroke of luck, 1843) first found 1670s; the
meaning “single pull of an oar or single movement of machinery” is from 1731.
Meaning “apoplectic seizure” is from the 1790s (originally the Stroke of God’s Hand).
Swimming sense was from 1800.

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emphasis mine do?

What is the stroke

of fortune?

_{The Cambridge dictionary of American}

idioms Stroke was derived from the verb

strike: “act of striking,” p. 107. The meaning is simple, but easy. 1300,
probably from Old English *strac “stroke”, from Proto-Germanic *straik (cognates: Middle Low German strek, German streich, Gothic striks “stroke”, see stroke (v.).

The meaning “mark of a pen” is from European
tradition; that of “a striking of a clock” is from from late-15c.
Sense of ” feat, achievement ” (as in stroke of luck, 1843) first found 1670s; the
meaning “single pull of an oar or single movement of machinery” is from 1731.
Meaning “apoplectic seizure” is from the 1790s (originally the Stroke of God’s Hand).
Swimming sense was from 1800.

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Lassitude might approach the feeling of mental paralysis.

n. h.
A state of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness.

American Heritageu00ae Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

From etymonline. In the

early 15th.: com ; early 15c.: com. , from Middle French lassitude (14c.),
from Latin lassitudinem (nominative lassitudo) “faintness, weariness,”
from PIE *les “slow, weary”
(source also of Old English lt “sluggish, slow;” see late)), from root *le- “to let go,
slacken”

Unless a specific preexisting term is identified, I believe the neologism archophobia is in order:

noun

a morbid dread at the commencement of creative work

Origin

From The Greek meaning begin, make a beginning, and , meaning panic flight, fear, object of terror Liddell & Scott, A

Greek-English Lexicon Archophobia is to be

distinguished from acrophobia –the fear of heights, and arach

Fear of newness, novelty. Cainophobia / Cainotophobia in English.
Kainophobia is the fear of anything new, nor of anything unexpected.

According to Wikipedia, these preexisting phobias tend to describe a fear of changing from the normal, rather than the creative process.

Lassitude might approach the feeling of mental paralysis.

n. h.
A state of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness.

American Heritageu00ae Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

From etymonline. In the

early 15th.: com ; early 15c.: com. , from Middle French lassitude (14c.),
from Latin lassitudinem (nominative lassitudo) “faintness, weariness,”
from PIE *les “slow, weary”
(source also of Old English lt “sluggish, slow;” see late)), from root *le- “to let go,
slacken”

Antagonistic verb

1

Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something, noun

form: antagonism : 1797,

from French antagonisme or directly from late Greek antagonisma, noun of action from antagonizesthai “to struggle against” (see antagonist)

1590s, from French antagoniste (16c.) or directly from Late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagonistes “competitor, opponent, rival,” agent noun from antagonizeSthai “to struggle against, oppose, be a rival,” from anti- “against” (see anti-) + agonizesthai “to contend for a prize,” from agon “contest” (see agony ). Originally introduced to battle or sport, extended to any sphere of human activity.

How

can an older girl have agony or backbone damage? From Old French agonie, agoine “anguish, terror, death agony”, and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia “a (mental) struggle for victory,” originally “a struggle for victory in the games,” from agein “assembly for a contest,” from agein “to lead” (see act (n.)). Importance of extreme bodily suffering first recorded c.1600.

These people have divergent struggles: The antagonism of the issue they disagree on is a barrier to collaboration in the struggle they agree on.

However, are they compatible?

According to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, the first documented use of ” content ” as a noun with the sense of “something contained” is in the 15th century.

Antagonistic verb

1

Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something, noun

form: antagonism : 1797,

from French antagonisme or directly from late Greek antagonisma, noun of action from antagonizesthai “to struggle against” (see antagonist)

1590s, from French antagoniste (16c.) or directly from Late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagonistes “competitor, opponent, rival,” agent noun from antagonizeSthai “to struggle against, oppose, be a rival,” from anti- “against” (see anti-) + agonizesthai “to contend for a prize,” from agon “contest” (see agony ). Originally introduced to battle or sport, extended to any sphere of human activity.

How

can an older girl have agony or backbone damage? From Old French agonie, agoine “anguish, terror, death agony”, and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia “a (mental) struggle for victory,” originally “a struggle for victory in the games,” from agein “assembly for a contest,” from agein “to lead” (see act (n.)). Importance of extreme bodily suffering first recorded c.1600.

These people have divergent struggles: The antagonism of the issue they disagree on is a barrier to collaboration in the struggle they agree on.

However, are they compatible?