compatient

English

Etymology

From Latin compatients, present participle of compati. See compassion.

Adjective

compatient (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Suffering or enduring together.
   • 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third:

     the same compatient and commorient fates and times

References

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

Anagrams

• camptonite, pentatomic