spastic

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

espasmódico

convulsivo

espástico

espasmofílico

hiperativo

ativo em excesso

Sinônimos

spasmodic

convulsive

jerky

cripple

jumpy

lame

mongoloid

paralysed

spasm

supercaffeinated

crippled

fitful

hyperactive

Traduções

spastisch

spastico

spasmodique

spastique

Spastiker

spasmodico

spastisch

σπασμωδικός

krampachtig

spasmatisch

espasmòdic

spasmodisch

espasmódico

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈspastɪk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com francês: 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.