spasmodic
adjEtymology
From New Latin spasmōdicus, from Ancient Greek σπασμώδης (spasmṓdēs, “spasmodic”), from σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm”).
- derived from σπασμώδης
- borrowed from spasmōdicus
Definitions
Of or relating to a spasm
Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
Convulsive
Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
- spasmodic asthma
Intermittent or fitful
Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
- spasmodic zeal or industry
- The chin was heavy, the nostrils were low and wide, and the lower lip hung loosely except in his moments of spasmodic earnestness, when it shut like a steel trap.
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Erratic or unsustained.
Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote…
Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
A medicine for suppressing spasms.
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