spastic

CEFRC1

/ˈspastɪk/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Involving sudden, uncontrolled muscle movements; this term may be offensive.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.

Examples

  • Spastic means relating to or affected by muscle spasms.

  • The condition caused a series of sudden and spastic movements.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈspæstɪk/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.

  2. Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

  3. Hyperactive or behaving erratically.

More examples

In context

  • The doctor diagnosed the patient with a mild spastic condition.

  • ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’

  • Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The neurologist noted that the patient's leg muscles were blank, leading to uncontrolled spasms.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

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