pa|thos

pa|thos
pa|thos «PAY thos», noun.
1. the quality in speech, writing, music, events, or a scene that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness; power of evoking tender or melancholy emotion: »

She pleaded for mercy with a touching pathos.

2. a pathetic expression or utterance: »

As for pathos, I am as provocative of tears as an onion (Hawthorne).

3. Obsolete. suffering.
[< Greek páthos suffering; feeling, emotion < pénthos grief, sorrow]

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