ˌidiopaˈthetic, a. rare.
[f. idiopathy, after pathetic.]
= idiopathic.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 337 The epilepsy..if idiopathetick, it is cured as before, by phlebotomy [etc.]. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 164 It prevails against..Pains of the Head, whether Idiopathetick, or by Consent of Parts. 1846 Worcester cites Month. Rev. |
So idiopaˈthetical a. (Bailey vol. II. 1727).