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ataxia

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6 lettersPronunciation /əˈtæksɪə/Part of speech nounSorted aaaitxStarts with AEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

Word origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀταξία (ataxía, “disorder”), derived from ἄτακτος (átaktos, “disorderly”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + tax- (“order”) + -ia.

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  • 1614, Thomas Adams, The Devills Banket, London: Ralph Mab, The Second Service, Sermon 2, p. 51, Let not Gods eutaxie, Order, by our friuolous scruples be brought to ataxie, Confusion.
  • Neither is there any Ataxie to bee feared in bringing in this distinction, betwixt Pastors and flock; It is an Eutaxie rather:

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