英和和英

語源

From homeo- (“similar”) +‎ -pathic (“suffering, disease”).

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形容詞

homeopathic (comparative more homeopathic, superlative most homeopathic)

1. Of or pertaining to homeopathy.
2. (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!

派生語

名詞

homeopathic (plural homeopathics)

1. Any of the diluted remedies used in homeopathy.

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