pathetic : Idioms & Phrases


pathetic fallacy

  • noun the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy
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Pathetic muscle

  • (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye.
Webster 1913

Pathetic nerve

  • (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye.
Webster 1913

The pathetic

  • a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.
Webster 1913