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What does pathetical mean?

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Adjective
  1. (now archaic) Arousing sympathy; pathetic. [from 16th c.]
  2. Arising from strong emotion; passionate. [from 16th c.]
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And then, having finished this pathetical little story of his misfortune, Mr. Mollett senior finished his glass of toddy.
Our old vicar preached, taking leave of the parish in a pathetical speech, to go to a living in the city.
How pathetical seemed to her the ignorance of the two men who were her companions in the cloistered house at this time.

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