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pathos (n.)
"quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1660s, from Greek pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity," literally "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," pathein "to suffer, feel," penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer."
updated on May 18, 2017
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Dictionary entries near pathos
pathologic
pathological
pathologist
pathology
pathophysiology
pathos
pathway
-pathy
patience
patient
patina