Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marasmatic

/mæɹəzˈmætɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maras-mat-ic
IPA: /mæɹəzˈmætɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obtuse person who performs and permits behaviours devoid of logic or reason; an imbecile.

Example Sentences

"You had to prove yourself first. There was one humiliating event you had to go through. For people like me, it was very humbling. You should have been interviewed by the veteran commies. They were stupid old marasmatics. Completely brainless pseudo-patriots. It’s a complete madness in their minds."

Etymology

From Russian маразма́тик (marazmátik, “senile dement, marasmatic”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: маразма́тик

Inflected Forms

marasmatics (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

marantic marasmus

Rhymes With

nonmetachromatic herostratic quasimonochromatic thermochromatic kinechromatic ptygmatic chorochromatic dyschromatic chromocratic oncostatic interzygomatic retrozygomatic

Questions

How do you pronounce marasmatic?: The recorded pronunciation is /mæɹəzˈmætɪk/.
What does marasmatic mean?: An obtuse person who performs and permits behaviours devoid of logic or reason; an imbecile.
Where does marasmatic come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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