spastic

adj

/ˈspastɪk/UK/ˈspæstɪk/US

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 from σπαστικός — “drawing in”
learned borrowing from spasticus

Definitions

Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
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1. Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
2. A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
3. 6
  A stupid, clumsy person.
  - ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’
  - Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spastic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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