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bathetic

 [buh-thet-ik]   Origin

ba·thet·ic

   [buh-thet-ik]
adjective
displaying or characterized by bathos: the bathetic emotionalism of soap operas.
Origin:
1825–35; bath(os) + -etic, on the model of pathetic

Related forms
ba·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: bathetic, pathetic.
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Bathetic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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bathetic (bəˈθɛtɪk)
 
—adj
containing or displaying bathos

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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bathetic
1834, from bathos on the model of pathetic, which, however, does not come directly from pathos (see pathetic), so the formation is either erroneous or humorous. Bathotic (1863, perhaps on model of chaotic) is not much better.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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