The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pathetical
Pathetical \Pa*thet"ic*al\, a. Pathetic. [R.] -- Pa*thet"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Pa*thet"ic*al*ness, n.
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pathetical
a. 1 (context now archaic English) Arousing sympathy; pathetic. (from 16th c.) 2 Arising from strong emotion; passionate. (from 16th c.)
Usage examples of "pathetical".
SPIRIT OF THE YEARS A local cult, called Christianity, Which the wild dramas of the wheeling spheres Include, with divers other such, in dim Pathetical and brief parentheses, Beyond whose span, uninfluenced, unconcerned, The systems of the suns go sweeping on With all their many-mortaled planet train In mathematic roll unceasingly.