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dorak commented on the user dorak

Thanks to all for the information and help on pithiatic. I was especially interested in the etymology as it relates to the Cretan nuns at Delphi, the "pythia's."

February 22, 2010
dorak commented on the user dorak

I am the third person to seek the definition for the word, "pithiatic."

February 22, 2010

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Prolagus commented on the user dorak

Hi!
In Italian, pitiatico means "(something) whose symptoms are due to to suggestion/hypnosis".
Its etymology is peithein = to persuade. Word coined in 1901 by neurologist Babinski.

February 22, 2010
dorak commented on the user dorak

Thanks to all for the information and help on pithiatic. I was especially interested in the etymology as it relates to the Cretan nuns at Delphi, the "pythia's."

February 22, 2010
john commented on the user dorak

Hi dorak, welcome to Wordnik!
I can't find much on pithiatic, though this blog entry on 'Pythiatism' from 2004 has a quote from Sartre that includes what looks like a related word. A search on pythiatism turns up this image from 1918 of what looks like a medical journal or book on hysteria.

February 22, 2010
dorak commented on the user dorak

I am the third person to seek the definition for the word, "pithiatic."

February 22, 2010