Monday, April 11, 2011

Home Spun comic strip #601

Home Spun comic strip #601

From The Free Dictionary:

pa·thos
(pths, -thôs)
n.
1. A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
2. The feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused.

[Greek, suffering; see kwent(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

2 comments:

Inner Elder said...

The first panel in the strip screeches pathos! I will never forget what pathos means. Isn't that pathetic! Love, Mom

Amelia Antwiler said...

My kids are good at that, too. LOL

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