—adj.
1 Med. suffering from cerebral palsy with spasm of the muscles.
2 offens. weak, feeble, incompetent.
3 spasmodic.
—n. Med. a spastic person.
Derivatives:
spastically adv. spasticity n.
Etymology: L spasticus f. Gk spastikos pulling f. spao pull
Useful english dictionary. 2012.