homeopathic
English
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editEtymology
editFrom homeo- (“similar”) + -pathic (“suffering, disease”).
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Adjective
edithomeopathic (comparative more homeopathic, superlative most homeopathic)
- Of or pertaining to homeopathy.
- (informal) Extremely dilute, insipid.
- 1875, United States. Congress. Senate, Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2d Session and Special Session, page 373:
- Therefore, with a slight misgiving that so delicate a creature as an embryo shad might possibly be affected by the homœopathic amount of alcohol still present, I set up my apparatus on the shaded piazza of the hotel.
- 2008 May 5, Gary Wood, Don't Wait For Your Ship to Come In...Swim Out to Meet It: Tools and Techniques for Positive Lasting Change, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 4:
- On the other hand, the pop psychology titles are usually very accessible (hence their popularity) but frequently state the obvious or simply retread the same old ground – the psychological content is so diluted it's positively homeopathic!
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editof or pertaining to homeopathy
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Noun
edithomeopathic (plural homeopathics)
- Any of the diluted remedies used in homeopathy.