What is a ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax called?
bathos — A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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