bathosn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪθɒs/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪˌθɑs/

Etymology: < Greek βάθος depth. First made English in sense 2 by Pope's treatise, the title being a parody on Longinus's περὶ ὕψους ; subsequently in the more etymological sense 1.

1. Depth; lowest phase, bottom.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > low condition or low point > lowest point

low tide1608

low-water mark1651

falla1662

perigee1662

low point1749

bathos1759

nadir1793

pessimism1794

zero1821

bed-rock1883

rock-bottom1885

ultima Thule1976

1638 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 101 There is such a height, and depth, and length, and breadth in that love; such a βάθος in every dimension of it.]

1759 J. Reynolds Idler 20 Oct. 329 Declining..to the very bathos of insipidity.

1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 188 I am at the very bathos of stupidity.

2. Rhetoric. Ludicrous descent from the elevated to the commonplace in writing or speech; anticlimax.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > ludicrous descent to the commonplace

bathos1727

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 6 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. While a plain and direct Road is pav'd to their ὐψος, or sublime; no Track has been yet chalk'd out to arrive at our βάθος, or profund.

1787 J. P. Andrews Anecd. at Bathos Had Ovid introduced this supper of Niobé between the death of her children and her own metamorphosis into stone, he would have furnished us, with a compleat instance of the Bathos.

1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. xii. 211 It is as absurd bathos as to say, the essentials of a judge are integrity, learning, and an ermine robe!

3. Hence gen. A ‘come-down’ in one's career.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > set-back > in one's career

bathos1814

1814 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 240 How meanly has he closed his inflated career! What a sample of the bathos will his history present!

1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. vii. 139 It was rather a bathos..to sink from a gentleman's son to an under usher.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bathos
释义	bathosn. Brit. /ˈbeɪθɒs/, U.S. /ˈbeɪˌθɑs/ Etymology: < Greek βάθος depth. First made English in sense 2 by Pope's treatise, the title being a parody on Longinus's περὶ ὕψους ; subsequently in the more etymological sense 1. 1. Depth; lowest phase, bottom. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > low condition or low point > lowest point low tide1608 low-water mark1651 falla1662 perigee1662 low point1749 bathos1759 nadir1793 pessimism1794 zero1821 bed-rock1883 rock-bottom1885 ultima Thule1976 1638 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 101 There is such a height, and depth, and length, and breadth in that love; such a βάθος in every dimension of it.] 1759 J. Reynolds Idler 20 Oct. 329 Declining..to the very bathos of insipidity. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 188 I am at the very bathos of stupidity. 2. Rhetoric. Ludicrous descent from the elevated to the commonplace in writing or speech; anticlimax. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > ludicrous descent to the commonplace bathos1727 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 6 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. While a plain and direct Road is pav'd to their ὐψος, or sublime; no Track has been yet chalk'd out to arrive at our βάθος, or profund. 1787 J. P. Andrews Anecd. at Bathos Had Ovid introduced this supper of Niobé between the death of her children and her own metamorphosis into stone, he would have furnished us, with a compleat instance of the Bathos. 1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. xii. 211 It is as absurd bathos as to say, the essentials of a judge are integrity, learning, and an ermine robe! 3. Hence gen. A ‘come-down’ in one's career. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > set-back > in one's career bathos1814 1814 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 240 How meanly has he closed his inflated career! What a sample of the bathos will his history present! 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. vii. 139 It was rather a bathos..to sink from a gentleman's son to an under usher. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1727
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