Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hylopathy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-lopa-thy
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ability of a spirit to penetrate and affect matter.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From hylo- + -pathy, after the model of Ancient Greek ὑλοπάθεια (hulopátheia), from ὕλη (húlē, “wood, matter”) + πᾰ́σχειν (pắskhein, “to experience, to feel, to suffer”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming nouns”).

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What does hylopathy mean?
The ability of a spirit to penetrate and affect matter.
Where does hylopathy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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