‖ sympathisch, a.
(z{smY}mˈpaːtɪʃ)
Also erron. sympatisch.
[Ger.: see sympathic a.]
= sympathique a.
| 1911 R. Brooke Let. 13 Dec. (1968) 325, I find that Creative Artists are so particularly sympathisch. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Let. 25 Oct. (1932) 559 But it [sc. New Mexico] isn't sympatisch like Australia. 1937 Auden in Auden & MacNeice Lett. from Iceland viii. 100 You I find sympatisch, a good townee. 1976 P. Henissart Winter Quarry i. vii. 72 Another lie? It's what makes you so sympatisch, isn't it? 1982 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Oct. 100/5 The personality of the singer himself—warm, intelligent, sympathisch, recognizable. |