spasmodic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
Erratic or unsustained.
Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.

noun

/spæzˈmɒd.ɪk/ /spæzˈmɑ.dɪk/ en-au-spasmodic.ogg

spasmodic more spasmodic most spasmodic spasmodics

From New Latin spasmōdicus, from Ancient Greek σπασμώδης (spasmṓdēs, “spasmodic”), from σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm”).

patchy stop-start broken fitful ragged catchy discontinuous intermissive intermittent spasmodic antispasmodic

spasm spasmic

nonspasmodic postspasmodic spasmodically spasmodicity spasmodicness spasmodism spasmodist

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