BATHETIC


Meaning of BATHETIC in English

bəˈthed.ik, -etik, -ēk adjective

Etymology: bathos + -etic (as in pathetic )

: characterized by bathos

neither could his stout rationality lapse into bathetic extravagance — Douglas Bush

• ba·thet·i·cal·ly -ə̇k(ə)lē, -ēk-, -li adverb

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