antipathous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtɪpəθəs/

Adjective

antipathous (comparative more antipathous, superlative most antipathous)

1. (obsolete) antipathic.
   • c. 1608–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, “Four Playes, or Morall Representations, in One”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, [The Triumph of Love, scene ii], page 34, column 1:

     What ſublunary miſchief can predominate a wiſe man thus? or doth thy friendſhip play (in this antipathous extreme) with mine, leſt gladneſſe ſuffocate me?

References

• “antipathous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.