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NEURASTHENIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering a nervous breakdown
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("neurasthenic" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
neurasthenic (of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia
Example:
neurasthenic tendencies
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
neurasthenia (nervous breakdown (not in technical use))
Derivation:
neurasthenia (nervous breakdown (not in technical use))
neurasthenic (a person suffering a nervous breakdown)