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spasˈmatic, a. Now rare or Obs.
[ad. obs. F. spasmatique (Cotgr.), or f. Gr. σπασµατ-, stem of σπάσµα spasm + -ic.]
1. Spasmodic.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 124 Anger..resembleth not..the sinewes of the soule, but is like rather to their stretching spreines and spasmatick convulsions. 1746R. James Moufet's Health Improv. 13 Pains, Flatulencies, and spasmatic Contractions of the Intestines. 1824Examiner 548/1 Seized with spasmatic lameness.
2. Liable to, or suffering from, spasms.
1601Holland Pliny II. 44 It is a soveraigne remedie for them that bee bursten or Spasmaticke, that is to say, vexed with the Crampe.
So spasˈmatical a. Now rare.
c1645Howell Lett. II. xx, The ligaments and sinews of my love..wer never yet subject to such spasmatical shrinkings and Convulsions. 1650C. Elderfield Civ. Right Tythes 89 Many a paralytical or spasmatical fit. 1879G. Macdonald P. Faber II. ix. 172 The spirit of life is at war with the spasmatical body of death. |