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spastic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈspæstɪk/ (US)
• /ˈspastɪk/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
2. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
3. (colloquial, derogatory, in the UK and Ireland, offensive) Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
4. (colloquial, derogatory, in the UK and Ireland, offensive) Hyperactive or behaving erratically.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more spastic	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most spastic	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

tetraspastic · paraspastic · angiospastic · hemispastic · nonspastic · bronchospastic · vasospastic · spasticity · spastic tetraplegia · spastic colitis · antispastic · spastically · myospastic · laryngospastic · spastic colon · spastin · spastic abasia · blepharospastic · musculospastic

Translations (24)

ca espàstic (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · pl spastyczny (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · fi tohelo (clumsy) · scn spàsticu (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · sv spastisk (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · fr spastique (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · fi kouristuksenomainen (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · de spastisch (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · it spastico (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · ru спазмати́ческий (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · fr spastique (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · fi kankea (clumsy) · pl spastyczny (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · da krampagtig (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · fi spastinen (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · it spastico (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · da spastisk (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · fi spastinen (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · de spastisch (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · fr handicapé moteur (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · scn spàsticu (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · fi kouristuksellinen (of, relating to, or affected by spasm) · sv spastisk (of or relating to spastic paralysis) · fi tempoileva (hyperactive, excited, and random manner)

spastic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspæstɪk/ (US)
• /ˈspastɪk/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (especially, in the UK and Ireland, offensive) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
2. (colloquial, derogatory, especially, in the UK and Ireland, offensive) A stupid, clumsy person.
   • Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky): Show Link! This is nuts—she can't even dance. Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes): Plastic little spastic. Tracy Turnblad: Oh, Link, I can dance so much better than her. Penny Pingleton: Mhm! Tracy Turnblad: Why don't you notice me at school? 2007 July 20, Leslie Dixon, Hairspray, spoken by Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes), Ingenious Media, Zadan/Meron Productions; distributed by New Line Cinema:
   • 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! 1997 December 1, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, “To Kill a Mocking Alan”, in I'm Alan Partridge:
   • ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’ 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 17:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
spastics	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

spazz · spasticated · spaz · scoper · spacker · spack

Translations (6)

fi tohelo (clumsy person) · pl niezdara (clumsy person) · da spastiker (person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy) · fi spastikko (person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy) · sv spastiker (person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy) · ru спазма́тик (person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy)