Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pathy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: pa-thy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal

Example Sentences

"So, no doubt, it may be applied to hydropathy, and to every other sort of pathy, and the result will be that every sort of pathy cures not all persons, but many persons..."

Etymology

From the suffix -pathy.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

pathies (plural)

Questions

What does pathy mean?: A therapy
Where does pathy come from?: From the suffix -pathy.

How to pronounce pathy

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