neurasthenic
English edit
Etymology edit
neurasthenia + -ic = neur- + asthenia + -ic
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnjʊəɹəsˈθɛnɪk/
- Hyphenation: neur‧as‧then‧ic
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Adjective edit
neurasthenic (comparative more neurasthenic, superlative most neurasthenic)
- Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
- They agreed to have no more family gatherings due to their father's neurasthenic presence.
- 2020 October 3, Jessica Grose, “Mother’s Little Helper Is Back, and Daddy’s Partaking Too”, in New York Times[1]:
- Middle-class parents’ self-medication has long been recreationalized, even romanticized in America (so long as they were white); think of sitcom dads pouring a drink and sinking into the BarcaLounger after a long day with Bob in accounting, or neurasthenic moms popping pink capsules while the casserole browns.
Translations edit
pertaining to neurasthenia
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Noun edit
neurasthenic (plural neurasthenics)
- (medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has neurasthenia.
Translations edit
person who has neurasthenia
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