neurasthenic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From neurasthenia + -ic or neur- + asthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, neur- (“nerve”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
They agreed to have no more family gatherings due to their father's neurasthenic presence.
Middle-class parents’ self-medication has long been recreationalized, even romanticized in America (so long as they were white); think of sitcom dads pouring a drink and sinking into the BarcaLounger after a long day with Bob in accounting, or neurasthenic moms popping pink capsules while the casserole browns.
2020 October 3, Jessica Grose, “Mother’s Little Helper Is Back, and Daddy’s Partaking Too”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more neurasthenic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most neurasthenic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (12)
sh неурастѐничан (pertaining to neurasthenia) · fr neurasthénique (pertaining to neurasthenia) · de neurasthenisch (pertaining to neurasthenia) · it nevrastenico (pertaining to neurasthenia) · ga néaraistéineach (pertaining to neurasthenia) · sh neurastèničan (pertaining to neurasthenia) · es neura (pertaining to neurasthenia) · fi neurasteeninen (pertaining to neurasthenia) · ru неврастени́ческий (pertaining to neurasthenia) · cy niwrasthenig (pertaining to neurasthenia) · es neurasténico (pertaining to neurasthenia) · ca neurastènic (pertaining to neurasthenia)