pathologically
/ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a pathological manner.
Example Sentences
- "The early days of the epidemic had been a time of ebullition or ebullience, pathologically speaking, full of movements and tics, impulsions and impetuosities, manias and crises, ardencies and appetencies."
- "Based on palpatory findings, tissue samples were taken from myogelotic areas of 11 unfixed human cadavers (6 female, 5 male). In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative purposes."
- "sometimes I was pettily in love, and sometimes — due to my OCD — I was even pathologically in love."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pathological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English pathologically From pathological + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
- British English: /ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
Inflected Forms
more pathologically (comparative)
most pathologically (superlative)