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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈspastɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted acipsstStarts with SEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’
  • Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!

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