From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [grc], from [grc].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Arousing pity , sympathy , or compassion ; exciting pathos .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1883 | author= [George Reynolds (Mormon)] | chapter=History of the Book of Mormon: Contents of the Records, II, | title=Contributor
|passage=We have now arrived at one of the most PATHETIC and glorious events
in the history of Israel, one which sanctifies the Lamanite race with the
powers of martyrdom, and, by the blood of the victims, washes its garments
white from many a former sin.}}
1. * [passage=She held his hand in one of hers, but she too was dozing, and the two made a pretty, or rather a PATHETIC , picture.]
2. * [en]
3. * [chapter=The Bishop]
4. Arousing scorn or contempt , often due to miserable inadequacy .
5. * {{ quote-av | en | year=2005 | title=w:In Her Shoes
|passage=Well you'd better think of something because middle-aged tramps
aren't cute, they're PATHETIC.}}
1. * [date=Nov 2 2014]
2. [en] Expressing or showing anger ; passionate .
3. * [1=en]
4. [en] Trochlear .
**** Derived terms
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**** Related terms
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**** Translations
[arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [heartbreaking] , [ru] [exciting pathos]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [exciting pathos]
- Yiddish: [yi]
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[arousing scorn or contempt]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
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- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Swedish: [sv]
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**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]