Bathos
Pronunciation : Ba"thos
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. depth, fr. deep.] (Rhet.)
Definition : Defn: A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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