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bathetic

adj
/bəˈθɛtɪk/UK

Etymology

From bathos + -etic, based on the form of pathos and pathetic.

  1. borrowed from βάθος
  2. suffixed as bathetic — “bathos + etic”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.

    • The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride.
    • It is possible that Shillibeer's bathetic end is the reason buses did not become universally known as 'Shillibeers'. Some operators had called their buses Shillibeers.

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