Pathetic \Pa*thet"ic\ (p[.a]*th[e^]t"[i^]k), a. [L. patheticus,
   Gr. paqhtiko`s, fr. paqei^n, pa`schein, to suffer: cf. F.
   path['e]tique. See Pathos.]
   1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.]
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   2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or
      grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
      "Pathetic action." --Macaulay.
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            No theory of the passions can teach a man to be
            pathetic.                             --E. Porter.
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   Pathetic muscle (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the
      eye.

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

   The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the
      tender emotions.
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