Etymology

antipathic

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Today it means: Characterized by antipathy. Full definition →

First used 1687French antipathique
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antipathic · adjective1

  1. French · borrowed fromantipathique
  2. English todayantipathic

From French antipathique. By surface analysis, anti- + -pathic.

antipathic · adjective2

  1. German · derived fromantipatisch
  2. English todayantipathic

Perhaps independently from anti- + -pathic, after German antipatisch.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1687 Characterized by antipathy.
  • from 1827 Directly counteracting a symptom or pathological process.

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