pathic means passive; suffering. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
pathic is pronounced /ˈpæθɪk/.
Why “pathic” is a great word
Denoting a state of passive suffering, receptivity, or the one who occupies it. From Latin *pathicus*, from Ancient Greek παθικός (*pathikós*, "suffering, passive"), from πάθος (*páthos*, "suffering, feeling"), from πάσχω (*páskhō*, "to feel, to suffer"). Unlike "patient," which implies endurance toward a cure, or "passive," which denotes a mere absence of action, "pathic" connotes a will yielded and a nature defined by submission. It is the fevered body surrendering to the virus, the silent recipient of a surgeon's blade, the antique and precise term for a role society preferred not to name—a quiet testament to existence as something endured, not enacted.
Etymology
From Latin pathicus, from Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós), from πάθος (páthos, “suffering, feeling”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to feel, to suffer”).
adj
- Passive; suffering.
- Relating to disease.
noun
- Synonym of bottom: a passive usually-male partner in homosexual anal intercourse.“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.”