Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ID-I-OP'A-THY
ID-I-O-PATH'IC-AL-LYID-I-O-RE-PUL'SIVE
ID-I-OP'A-THY, n. [Gr. ιδιος, proper, peculiar, and παθος, suffering, disease, from πασχω, to suffer.]
- An idiopathic state or condition of disease; a morbid state or condition not preceded and occasioned by any other disease.
- Peculiar affection. More.
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