bathetic

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈθetɪk/

Etymology

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

Adjective

bathetic (comparative more bathetic, superlative most bathetic)

Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
- 1995, Rupert D. V. Glasgow, Madness, Masks, and Laughter: An Essay on Comedy, page 214:
  The fall is indeed the archetypal bathetic motion, a sudden, surprising downward rush degrading the pretensions of posture and man's bipedal pride.

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