spastic

Meanings

Plural: spastics

Noun

a person suffering from spastic paralysis
A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
A stupid, clumsy person.

Adjective

relating to or characterized by spasm
- "a spastic colon"
- "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"

Adjective Satellite

suffering from spastic paralysis
- "a spastic child"
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
- "spastic movements"

Adj

Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
Hyperactive or behaving erratically.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

convulsive, spasmodic

Scrabble Score: 11

spastic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
spastic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spastic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

spastic is a valid Words With Friends word