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Pathos

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a quality in speech, writing, or art that evokes pity or sadness
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Stage 1 of 2
pathos
Greek · ancient
"suffering, feeling"
suffering, feeling, emotion
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Stage 2 of 2
pathos
English · 1590s
"a quality that evokes pity or sadness"
adopted directly for a quality that evokes pity or sadness
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