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English
Etymology
From New Latin spasmōdicus, from Ancient Greek σπασμώδης (spasmṓdēs, “spasmodic”), from σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
spasmodic (comparative more spasmodic, superlative most spasmodic)
- Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
- Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
spasmodic asthma
1734, T K, A Critical Dissertation upon the Manner of the Preparation of Mercurial Medicines, and Their Operation on Human Bodies; particularly Those Most in Fashion: , London: Printed for Harmen Noorthouck , →OCLC, page 52:[…] Dr. Francis Fuller, […] upon wearing a Quick-ſilver Girdle, for the Cure of the Itch, (and that after an inconſiderate and raſh manner) was brought under a violent Spaſmodick Diſtemper, which was ſupposed by himſelf and others to be owing to ſome Mercurial Particles lodg'd in ſome excretory Ducts of the Brain.
- Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
- Synonyms: patchy, stop-start; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
spasmodic zeal or industry
1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan:The chin was heavy, the nostrils were low and wide, and the lower lip hung loosely except in his moments of spasmodic earnestness, when it shut like a steel trap.
- Erratic or unsustained.
- Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
Derived terms
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Translations
of or relating to a spasm
convulsive; consisting of spasms
intermittent or fitful; occurring in short bursts
Noun
spasmodic (plural spasmodics)
- A medicine for suppressing spasms.
- Synonym: antispasmodic
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French spasmodique.
Adjective
spasmodic m or n (feminine singular spasmodică, masculine plural spasmodici, feminine and neuter plural spasmodice)
- spasmodic
Declension