hydropathic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.54 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to or offering hydropathy.
adj
noun
A temperance hotel offering hydropathy to guests.
Example Sentences
- "Only at weekends did a certain disadvantage appear in their site: although the season was drawing to a close and the grey hydropathic hotels along the promenades were emptying, the golf course was packed all day with Liverpool brokers playing foursomes."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -pathic English hydropathic From hydro- + -pathic.