spastic

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adj

1. Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
2. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
3. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
4. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Hyperactive or behaving erratically.

Noun

1. (especially, offensive) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
2. (colloquial, derogatory, especially, offensive) A stupid, clumsy person.

Έννοιες

σπασμωδικός

σπαστικός

Συνώνυμα

spasmodic

convulsive

jerky

cripple

jumpy

lame

mongoloid

paralysed

spasm

supercaffeinated

crippled

fitful

hyperactive

Μεταφράσεις

spastisch

spastico

spasmodique

spastique

Spastiker

spastisch

spasmodico

espasmódico

krampachtig

convulsivo

spasmatisch

espasmòdic

spasmodisch

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈspastɪk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Γαλλικά: spastique

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”). By surface analysis, spasm + -tic + -spas(m). Cf. French spastique and see also spasm.