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Well, while searching for the same answer, I came across the following in the online etymology dictionary: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=sublime bathos : "anticlimax, a descent from the sublime to the ridiculous," 1727, from Gk. bathos "depth," related to bathys "deep;" introduced by Pope. Bathetic (1834) is either erroneously or humorously formed on the model of pathetic.

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