Obs. rare. [mod. ad. Gr. κακοπάθεια distress, misery, f. κακοπαθής suffering ill.] An old term for a severe affliction or malady.
[1708–21. Kersey, Cacopathia.]
1721–90. Bailey, Cacopathy, a suffering of evil, or lying under a painful disease.
1860. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
