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PATHOSES
Noun
pathoses
plural of pathosis
plural of pathos
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• Potashes, potashes, spathose, tea shops, teashops
Source: Wiktionary
PATHOS
Pa"thos, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. pati to suffer, E. patient.]
Definition: That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry. The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T. Warton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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