English Explanatory Dictionary

spastic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
  2. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
  3. Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
  4. Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
noun
  1. A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
  2. A stupid, clumsy person.

Pronunciation

/ˈspastɪk/ /ˈspæstɪk/ En-au-spastic.ogg

Word forms

spastic more spastic most spastic spastics

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”). By surface analysis, spasm + -tic. Cf. French spastique and see also spasm.

Derived words

angiospastic antispastic blepharospastic bronchospastic hemispastic laryngospastic musculospastic myospastic nonspastic paraspastic spastic abasia spastically spastic colitis spastic colon spasticity spastic tetraplegia spastin tetraspastic vasospastic scoper spack spacker spasticated spaz spazz

Translations

Finnish: tohelo Finnish: kankea
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