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spastic

/ˈspæstɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
spas-tic
IPA
/ˈspæstɪk/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

adj

Of or relating to spastic paralysis.

adj

Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.

Colloquial; Derogatory; Offensive

adj

Hyperactive or behaving erratically.

Colloquial; Derogatory; Offensive

noun

A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.

Offensive

noun

A stupid, clumsy person.

Colloquial; Derogatory; Offensive

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: σπαστικός

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈspæstɪk/
  • British English: /ˈspastɪk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more spastic (comparative) most spastic (superlative) spastics (plural)

Derived Forms

angiospastic antispastic blepharospastic bronchospastic hemispastic laryngospastic musculospastic myospastic nonspastic paraspastic spastically spasticity

Phrases

spastic abasia spastic colitis spastic colon spastic tetraplegia

Synonyms

convulsive spasmodic

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic scholastic stochastic monastic dynastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

How do you pronounce spastic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspæstɪk/.
What does spastic mean?
Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
Where does spastic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce spastic

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