Pathic

//ˈpæθɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of bottom: a passive usually-male partner in homosexual anal intercourse. literary

    "In England the vices in fashion are whoring & drinking, in Turkey, Sodomy & smoking, we prefer a girl and a bottle, they a pipe and pathic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Passive; suffering.
  2. 2
    Relating to disease.

Example

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"In England the vices in fashion are whoring & drinking, in Turkey, Sodomy & smoking, we prefer a girl and a bottle, they a pipe and pathic."

Etymology

From Latin pathicus, from Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós), from πάθος (páthos, “suffering, feeling”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “I feel, I suffer”).

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