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hydropathic, a. (n.)|haɪdrəʊˈpæθɪk|
[f. hydropath-y + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of hydropathy; practising hydropathy.
1843Tait's Mag. Apr. 271/1 When the cold-water cure was first heard of in this country, we prophesied..that there would forthwith be numerous Hydropathic Establishments in England. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 784 Hydropathic bandages. 1869R. T. Claridge Cold Water Cure Pref. 4 Hydropathic establishments are now to be found in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and in America. 1876Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. ii. 81, I went in 1848 for some months to Malvern for hydropathic treatment.
B. n. Short for hydropathic establishment.
1887M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike xxiii, To go to a Hydropathic in the wilds of Scotland or Ireland. 1895A. M. Stoddart J. S. Blackie x. 240 Dull with villa lodgings and hideous hydropathics.
So hydroˈpathical a. = prec.
1844Dickens in Forster Life iv. i. 137, I had withdrawn from Public Life..to pass the evening of my days in hydropathical pursuits and the contemplation of virtue. |