pathyn.
/ˈpaθi/, U.S. /ˈpæθi/ colloquial.† 1. A feeling. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > [noun] > an emotion
affection?c1225
passiona1250
motionc1390
feelinga1413
feelc1485
motivec1485
stirring1552
emotive1596
emotion1602
resentment1622
sentiment1652
sensation1674
flavour1699
aftertaste1702
pathy1837
1837 E. B. Barrett Lett. to M. R. Mitford (1983) I. 49 You know I have a pathy about Crabbe which is not, whatever else it may be, a sympathy.
2. Chiefly depreciative. A mode or method of medical treatment, esp. one with a name ending in -pathy. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > plan or method of treatment
intentionc1400
method?a1425
scope1583
cure1842
pathy1842
modality1932
1842 New Monthly Mag. 66 440 When requested by letters from Ireland or the Land's-end, to state whether his mode of practice were founded on electropathy, or hydropathy, or any other newly-invented pathy, he contented himself with replying that he possessed no exclusive mode of practice.
1864 D. M. Mulock Ld. Erlistoun 231 He..tried allopathy, homœopathy, kinesopathy, and heaven knows how many pathies besides.
1882 Cent. Mag. May 150/2 What is really needed in medicine is a putting away of the ‘pathies’, which belong to the quacks.
1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 6 A few works on household medicine, certain pathies, and manuals for nurses..were considered unworthy of mention.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 June 10/1 Never before..has light treatment taken definite shape as it is undoubtedly doing now in a distinct ‘pathy’, which our contemporary christens ‘photopathy’.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 11 It is too late in this day of scientific medicine to prattle of such antique nonsense as is indicated in the ‘pathies’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
> see also
also refers to : -pathycomb. form
<
n.1837see also