asthmatic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /æsˈmætɪk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /æsˈθmætɪk/ (UK)
- /æzˈmætɪk/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Koine Greek ᾱ̓σθματικός (āsthmatikós)bor. Latin āsthmaticuslbor. English asthmatic Learned borrowing from Latin āsthmaticus. By surface analysis, asthma + -ic.
Meanings
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Having the characteristics of asthma.
asthmatic cough
The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more asthmatic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| asthmatical | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| asthmatick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most asthmatic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonasthmatic · proasthmatic · asthmatically · antiasthmatic · asthmatic attack · antasthmatic · postasthmatic · preasthmatic
Translations (20)
nb astmatisk (having the characteristics of asthma) · gl asmático (having the characteristics of asthma) · pt asmático (having the characteristics of asthma) · cs astmatický (having the characteristics of asthma) · nn astmatisk (having the characteristics of asthma) · el ασθματικός (having the characteristics of asthma) · fr asthmatique (having the characteristics of asthma) · da astmatisk (having the characteristics of asthma) · tl hikain (having the characteristics of asthma) · ga asmach (having the characteristics of asthma) · fi astmaattinen (having the characteristics of asthma) · io astmika (having the characteristics of asthma) · pl astmatyczny (having the characteristics of asthma) · de asthmatisch (having the characteristics of asthma) · ru астмати́ческий (having the characteristics of asthma) · ar مُتَعَلِق بِدَاء اَلرَّبْو (having the characteristics of asthma) · es asmático (having the characteristics of asthma) · mi tīmohu (having the characteristics of asthma) · ca asmàtic (having the characteristics of asthma) · it asmatico (having the characteristics of asthma)