First Known Use: 1845
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bathetic
adjective ba·thet·ic \bə-ˈthe-tik\
Definition of BATHETIC
: characterized by bathos
— ba·thet·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of BATHETIC
bathos + -etic (as in pathetic)
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Rhymes with BATHETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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