bathos
The origin and history of bathos.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). The word was used ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, which lampooned various errors made by contemporary writers.
The origin and history of bathos.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). The word was used ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, which lampooned various errors made by contemporary writers.
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