Etymology

bathos

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Today it means: Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βάθος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromβάθος“depth”
  2. English todaybathos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). Employed ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, lampooning various errors in contemporary writers.

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