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Word of the day: Bathos
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Bathos comes from the Greek noun of the same spelling meaning "depth."
Bathos comes from the Greek noun of the same spelling meaning "depth."
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It entered English in the 1630s with its original meaning "depth."
It entered English in the 1630s with its original meaning "depth."
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Its current sense dates to Alexander Pope's essay (1727) Peri Bathous "On Depth,"
Its current sense dates to Alexander Pope's essay (1727) Peri Bathous "On Depth,"
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whose title is taken from the essay Peri Hypsous "On the Sublime"
whose title is taken from the essay Peri Hypsous "On the Sublime"
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