spastic

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

spastico

spasmodico

iperattivo

sinonimi

spasmodic

convulsive

jerky

cripple

jumpy

lame

mongoloid

paralysed

spasm

supercaffeinated

crippled

fitful

hyperactive

Traduzioni

spastisch

spastique

spasmodique

Spastiker

spastisch

espasmódico

σπασμωδικός

convulsivo

spasmatisch

espasmòdic

spasmodisch

krampachtig

espasmódico

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈspastɪk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine francese: 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.