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echolalic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English echolalia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English echolalic From echolalia + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to echolalia.
    • Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words. 1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:

Translations (6)

pt ecolálico (of or pertaining to echolalia) · ru эхолали́ческий (of or pertaining to echolalia) · sv ekolalisk (of or pertaining to echolalia) · ga macallach (of or pertaining to echolalia) · it ecolalico (of or pertaining to echolalia) · fr écholalique (of or pertaining to echolalia)

echolalic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English echolalia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English echolalic From echolalia + -ic.

Meanings

  1. A person who exhibits echolalia.

Forms

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