ba·thos 
(bāthŏs′, -thôs′)
(bāthŏs′, -thôs′)n.
1.
a. An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
b. An anticlimax.
2.
a. Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos: "a richly textured man who ... can be ... sentimental to the brink of bathos" (Kenneth L. Woodward).
b. Banality; triteness.
[Greek, depth, from bathus, deep.]
- Indo-European root: bhares-
- Indo-European root: bhau-
- Indo-European root: bhegw-
- Indo-European root: bhei-
- Indo-European root: bheid-
- Indo-European root: bheidh-
- Indo-European root: bhel-
- Indo-European root: bhel-
- Indo-European root: bhel-
- Indo-European root: bhelgh-
- Indo-European root: bhendh-
- Indo-European root: bher-
- Indo-European root: bher-
- Indo-European root: bhergh-
- Indo-European root: bhergh-
- Indo-European root: bherəg-
- Indo-European root: bhes-
- Indo-European root: bheudh-
- Indo-European root: bheug-
- Indo-European root: bheuə-
- Indo-European root: bhleu-
- Indo-European root: bhlē-
- Indo-European root: bhoso-
- Indo-European root: bhreg-
- Indo-European root: bhreu-