Meanings
adjectivehydropathic (comparative more hydropathic, superlative most hydropathic)
comparative more hydropathic · superlative most hydropathic
- Relating to or offering hydropathy.
Only at weekends did a certain disadvantage appear in their site: although the season was drawing to a close and the grey hydropathic hotels along the promenades were emptying, the golf course was packed all day with Liverpool brokers playing foursomes.
1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 1, in Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock - chemistryRelating to hydropathicity.
nounhydropathic (plural hydropathics)
plural hydropathics
- A temperance hotel offering hydropathy to guests.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Englishhydropathic
Translations
Bulgarian водолечебен
- водолечебен (vodolečeben)relating to hydropathy
French hydropathe
- hydropatherelating to hydropathy
Irish hidreapaiteach, ospidéal hidreapaiteach
- hidreapaiteachrelating to hydropathy
- ospidéal hidreapaiteachtemperance hotel offering hydropathy to guests
Spanish hidropático, hidroterápico
- hidropáticorelating to hydropathy
- hidroterápicorelating to hydropathy
Cite this entry
APA
hydropathic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydropathic
MLA
“hydropathic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydropathic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydropathic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydropathic.
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