"Aspergian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Asperger + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Asperger|ian}} Asperger + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Aspergian (not comparable)
  1. Of, related to, or having qualities similar to those of Asperger's syndrome. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: spergy [derogatory, offensive, slang]
    Sense id: en-Aspergian-en-adj-v9DNTVG4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Aspergerian, Aspergic

Noun [English]

Forms: Aspergians [plural]
Etymology: From Asperger + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Asperger|ian}} Asperger + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Aspergian (plural Aspergians)
  1. A person with Asperger's syndrome. Categories (topical): Autism, People Synonyms: Aspie [informal], sperg [derogatory, offensive, slang], sperglord [derogatory, offensive, slang] Hypernyms: autie [informal]
    Sense id: en-Aspergian-en-noun-BJAriYLR Disambiguation of Autism: 18 82 Disambiguation of People: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Aspergerian, Aspergic

Inflected forms

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