What does Odium actually mean?

[THEMAGICkMAN]

Been wondering about this for a while, what does "Odium" mean? 

[The One Who Connects he/him]

3 minutes ago, THEMAGICkMAN said:

Been wondering about this for a while, what does "Odium" mean? 

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Millennium

Some dictionaries list two meanings for the word "odium": the feeling of strong hatred, and that which provokes hatred from others. Do both of these apply to the Shard with that name?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes

 

[THEMAGICkMAN]

Thanks! The shard of Hatred huh.. Interesting. 

[Weltall]

Yep. It also comes up directly in the Letter in Words of Radiance where the writer describes Rayse/Odium with the phrase "he bears the weight of God's own divine hatred, separated from the virtues that gave it context".

[skaa he/him]

Fun fact: While Brandon likes to invent new words (often based on real world non-English words) in his fiction, he also uses uncommon English words sometimes. Aside from odium, there's also recreance, investiture, threnody, and octant (just to name a few). Look them up in a dictionary (like Wiktionary) or an encyclopedia (like Wikipedia) and enjoy your expanded English vocabulary.

[Ryan Diggory he/him]

His original name is Rayse

[RShara she/her]

4 minutes ago, Ryan Diggory said:

His original name is Rayse

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