thlipsis

noun /ˈθlɪp.sɪs/

1. Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

   obsolete, uncountable

   Thus we sometimes see, in ardent fevers, the whole body suffused with redness, while the roughness and dryness of the skin, tongue, fauces, and internal parts of the mouth shew, that the smaller vessels are impervious, being compressed by a true thlipsis, the larger vessels being over distended with red blood.

2. A time of hardship.

   uncountable

   This thlipsis is something possessed in common by monks who find their monastic life most difficult, and by those laypeople who would perhaps be monks if they were able.

Where it comes from

From New Latin thlipsis, from Ancient Greek θλῖψις (thlîpsis, “pressure”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry thlipsis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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