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   bathos

   /ˈbeɪθɒs/

   noun

   • 1. (especially in a literary work) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous: "his epic poem has passages of almost embarrassing bathos"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (first recorded in the Greek sense): from Greek, literally ‘depth’. The current sense was introduced by Alexander Pope in the early 18th century.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

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