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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spas•mod•ic /spæzˈmɑdɪk/USA pronunciation also spasˈmod•i•cal, adj. - Pathologyof or relating to a spasm.
- resembling a spasm by being sudden but brief and not organized;
sporadic:a few spasmodic efforts to clean out the cellar.
spas•mod•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spas•mod•ic (spaz mod′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologypertaining to or of the nature of a spasm;
characterized by spasms. - resembling a spasm or spasms;
sudden but brief;
sporadic:spasmodic efforts at reform. - given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
Also, spas•mod′i•cal. - Greek spasmó̄d(ēs) spasmodic (derivative of spasmós spasm; see -ode1) + Latin -icus -ic
- Medieval Latin spasmodicus
- 1675–85
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged occasional, intermittent, periodic, fleeting.
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