"spastic" meaning in English

See spastic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈspastɪk/ [UK], /ˈspæstɪk/ [US] Audio: En-au-spastic.ogg Forms: more spastic [comparative], most spastic [superlative]
Rhymes: -æstɪk 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. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|spasticus}} Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, {{der|en|grc|σπαστικός|t=drawing in}} Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”), {{surf|+suf|en|spasm|tic}} By surface analysis, spasm + -tic, {{cog|fr|spastique}} French spastique Head templates: {{en-adj}} spastic (comparative more spastic, superlative most spastic)
  1. (pathology)
    Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
    Translations (of, relating to, or affected by spasm): espàstic (Catalan), krampagtig (Danish), spastinen (Finnish), kouristuksellinen (Finnish), kouristuksenomainen (Finnish), spastique (French), spastisch (German), spastico (Italian), spastyczny (Polish), спазмати́ческий (spazmatíčeskij) (Russian), spàsticu (Sicilian), spastisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spastic-en-adj-RhBgJmCQ Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or affected by spasm': 98 0 0 1
  2. (pathology)
    Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
    Translations (of or relating to spastic paralysis): spastisk (Danish), spastinen (Finnish), handicapé moteur (French), spastique (French), spastisch (German), spastico (Italian), spastyczny (Polish), spàsticu (Sicilian), spastisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spastic-en-adj-wNTbYCVC Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to spastic paralysis': 2 97 1 0
  3. (colloquial, derogatory or offensive in the UK and Ireland)
    Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
    Tags: colloquial, derogatory, offensive Translations (clumsy): tohelo (Finnish), kankea (Finnish)
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  4. (colloquial, derogatory or offensive in the UK and Ireland)
    Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
    Tags: colloquial, derogatory, offensive Translations (hyperactive, excited, and random manner): tempoileva (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spastic abasia, spastic colitis, spastic colon, spastic tetraplegia

Noun

IPA: /ˈspastɪk/ [UK], /ˈspæstɪk/ [US] Audio: En-au-spastic.ogg Forms: spastics [plural]
Rhymes: -æstɪk 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. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|spasticus}} Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, {{der|en|grc|σπαστικός|t=drawing in}} Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”), {{surf|+suf|en|spasm|tic}} By surface analysis, spasm + -tic, {{cog|fr|spastique}} French spastique Head templates: {{en-noun}} spastic (plural spastics)
  1. (now offensive, especially in the UK and Ireland) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy. Tags: especially, offensive Translations (person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy): spastiker [common-gender] (Danish), spastikko (Finnish), спазма́тик (spazmátik) (Russian), spastiker [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spastic-en-noun-T1~bDmWX Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 18 18 31 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tic: 5 5 16 20 29 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 17 18 31 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 2 17 18 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 17 19 31 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 2 18 17 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 2 17 17 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 1 18 17 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 2 18 17 31 29 Disambiguation of 'person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy': 88 12
  2. (colloquial; derogatory or offensive, especially in the UK and Ireland) A stupid, clumsy person. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, especially, offensive Translations (clumsy person): tohelo (Finnish), niezdara [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-spastic-en-noun-uqTleJtR Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 18 18 31 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tic: 5 5 16 20 29 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 17 18 31 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 2 17 18 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 17 19 31 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 2 18 17 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 2 17 17 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 1 18 17 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 3 3 17 17 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 2 18 17 31 29 Disambiguation of 'clumsy person': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scoper [slur], spack, spacker, spasticated, spaz, spazz

Inflected forms

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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "of or relating to spastic paralysis",
      "word": "spastico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "of or relating to spastic paralysis",
      "word": "spastyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "of or relating to spastic paralysis",
      "word": "spàsticu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "of or relating to spastic paralysis",
      "word": "spastisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "clumsy",
      "word": "tohelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "clumsy",
      "word": "kankea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "hyperactive, excited, and random manner",
      "word": "tempoileva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spastic"
}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "spack"
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      "word": "spacker"
    },
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      "word": "spasticated"
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        "A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy."
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        "(now offensive, especially in the UK and Ireland) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy."
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          "ref": "1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 17:",
          "text": "‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              151,
              158
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1997 December 1, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, “To Kill a Mocking Alan”, in I'm Alan Partridge:",
          "text": "Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint.\nAlan Partridge: Yep.\nJed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother.\nAlan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!",
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        },
        {
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              125,
              132
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2007 July 20, Leslie Dixon, Hairspray, spoken by Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes), Ingenious Media, Zadan/Meron Productions; distributed by New Line Cinema:",
          "text": "Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky): Show Link! This is nuts—she can't even dance.\nPenny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes): Plastic little spastic.\nTracy Turnblad: Oh, Link, I can dance so much better than her.\nPenny Pingleton: Mhm!\nTracy Turnblad: Why don't you notice me at school?",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A stupid, clumsy person."
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        [
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        "(colloquial; derogatory or offensive, especially in the UK and Ireland) A stupid, clumsy person."
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      "ipa": "/ˈspastɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspæstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spastiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy",
      "word": "spastikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "spazmátik",
      "sense": "person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy",
      "word": "спазма́тик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spastiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "clumsy person",
      "word": "tohelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niezdara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spastic"
}

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