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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Greek
Origin: 'suffering, feeling, disease', from paschein; PATHETIC

pathos

 noun
     
pa‧thos [uncountable]
the quality that a person, situation, film, or play has that makes you feel pity and sadness:
the pathos of the woman trying to keep her lover
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