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pa.thet.ic \p*-'thet-ik\ \-i-k*l\ \-k(*-)le-\ aj [MF or LL; MF pathetique, 
   fr. LL patheticus, fr. Gk pathe-tik]os capable of feeling, pathetic, fr. 
   paschein to experience, suffer - more at PATHOS 1: evoking tenderness, 
   pity, or sorrow : PITIABLE  2: marked by sorrow or melancholy : SAD  - 
   pa.thet.i.cal aj