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THE PATHETIC

Definition: THE PATHETIC

THE PATHETIC

1. A style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: THE PATHETIC

English words defined with "THE PATHETIC": aughtcipher, cyphergoose eggnada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, nullpathetic fallacy, Pathetic nervezero, zilch, zip. (references)
Specialty definitions using "THE PATHETIC": DINMiletusWidow. (references)
Etymologies containing "THE PATHETIC": Eupathy. (references)

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Modern Usage: THE PATHETIC

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Pathetic Gazette (1924)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: THE PATHETIC

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dear Mem Fox, I Have Read All Your Books Even the Pathetic Ones: And Other Incidents in the Life of a Children's Book Author (reference)

  • The pathetic fallacy : a lecture delivered at the Library of Congress on May 7, 1984 (reference)

  • The pathetic phallus : a novel (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: THE PATHETIC

Illustrations:
THE PATHETIC

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Photo Album: THE PATHETIC

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The pathetic in the parterre.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: THE PATHETIC

AuthorQuotation

Edward Gibbon

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: THE PATHETIC

Expression using "THE PATHETIC": pull out all the pathetic stop. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: THE PATHETIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  the pathetic fallacy

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: THE PATHETIC

Language Translations for "THE PATHETIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

duygu sömürüsü yapmak (pull out all the pathetic stop). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: THE PATHETIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-h-i-p-t-t-t"

-3 letters: pathetic, petechia.

-4 letters: aphetic, cheapie, cheetah, epithet, hatchet, hepatic, pectate, tectite, thecate.

-5 letters: apiece, cattie, chetah, haptic, hepcat, pattee, pattie, petite, phatic, tattie, techie, thatch, thecae, thetic, tipcat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: THE PATHETIC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 48 45      50 41 54 48 45 54 49 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010000 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010100 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#80 &#65 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#84 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0048 0045      0050 0041 0054 0048 0045 0054 0049 0043

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54423925035544239544337

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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