transcription, транскрипция: [ pə-ˈthe-tik ]
adjective
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French pathetique, from Late Latin patheticus, from Greek pathētikos capable of feeling, pathetic, from paschein (aorist pathein ) to experience, suffer — more at pathos
Date: 1598
1. : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
2. : marked by sorrow or melancholy : sad
3. : pitifully inferior or inadequate
the restaurant's pathetic service
4. : absurd , laughable
a pathetic costume
Synonyms: see moving
• pa·thet·i·cal -ti-kəl adjective
• pa·thet·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb