patheticism

词形变化

patheticisms 复数 patheticisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Pathetic behavior.

    不可数

    It seems our nurse contracted melodram patheticism from a nervous dog. Silly old cow. […] Does this look familiar? Are you all weak and pathetic? Do you fear woodlice or splashes from the toilet? Maybe you too have a belt of the old melodram patheticism.

词源

From pathetic + -ism. First attested in 1758.

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