Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PATH-E-MAT'IC
PATH'EDPA-THET'IC, or PA-THET'IC-AL
PATH-E-MAT'IC, a. [Gr. παθημα, what is suffered.]
Pertaining to or designating affection, or that which is suffered. – Mackintosh.
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