asthmatic
/æzˈmætɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.63 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the characteristics of asthma.
noun
One who suffers from asthma.
Example Sentences
- "asthmatic cough"
- "The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Koine Greek ᾱ̓σθματικός (āsthmatikós)bor. Latin āsthmaticuslbor. English asthmatic Learned borrowing from Latin āsthmaticus. By surface analysis, asthma + -ic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æzˈmætɪk/
- British English: /æsˈθmætɪk/
Inflected Forms
more asthmatic (comparative)
most asthmatic (superlative)
asthmatical (alternative, dated)
asthmatick (alternative, obsolete)
asthmatics (plural)