spastic
A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsyA person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
Meaning
2 senses(especially, offensive)A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
спазма́тикspazmátik
a person suffering from spastic paralysis
(colloquial, derogatory, especially, offensive)A stupid, clumsy person.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawingLearned borrowing from Latin spasticus, from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”). By surface analysis, spasm + -tic. Cf. French spastique and see also spasm.
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