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| pathetic [ pə théttik ] |
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1. pitiful: provoking or expressing feelings of compassion and pity
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2. contemptibly inadequate: so inadequate as to be laughable or contemptible
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| [Late 16th century. Via French and late Latin< Greek pathētikos 'sensitive' < pathos 'feeling'] |
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 pathetically adverb |
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