BATHOS

PRONUNCIATION: (BAY-thas, -thos)

MEANING: noun: An abrupt descent from lofty or sublime to the commonplace; anticlimax.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek bathos (depth). Earliest documented use: 1638.

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BIATHOS - the Muskeeteer swings both ways

BUTHOS - an enema tube

BATHOUS - 1. a lavatorium
2. Bruce Wayne's mansion in Berlin