I. ˈpathik noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin pathicus, from (assumed) Greek pathikos, from Greek path- (stem of paschein to experience, have something happen to one, suffer) + -ikos -ic — more at pathos
1. : catamite
an elder boy whose pathic he was — W.B.Yeats
2. : a passive party : subject , sufferer , victim
is at once the “healer” and the pathic who is to be healed — Julian Symons
II. adjective
1. : passive
the genius of the Orient is its discovery and practice of this sort of pathic or affective communion with nature-in-general — V.C.Aldrich
2. : diseased , morbid
whether they are healthy or pathic — C.W.Morris