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psychasthenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chas-thenic
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia.

noun

A person who has psychasthenia.

Etymology

From psychasthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more psychasthenic (comparative) most psychasthenic (superlative) psychasthenics (plural)

Questions

What does psychasthenic mean?
Affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia.
Where does psychasthenic come from?
From psychasthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).

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