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neuropath

British  
/ ˈnjʊərəʊˌpæθ /

noun

  1. a person suffering from or predisposed to a disorder of the nervous system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We have painted the black side, but, tactfully managed, a neuropath will merge in the kindest of husbands, the most constant of lovers.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs

The neuropath is the individual with an inborn tendency to the neurosis.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Mary F. Porter

"Advice" to a neuropath is usually a very depressing decalogue of "Thou Shalt Nots!"

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs

Till this time the skirmishing of the morning might have afforded pleasure to the neuropath, experience to the soldier, "copy" to the journalist.

From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill

In his book we find nothing of the fanatic who ordered the Irish massacres, nothing of the neuropath who lived in hourly dread of assassination.

From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris

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