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Definitions: Neurasthenic |
NeurasthenicAdjective1. Of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia; "neurasthenic tendencies". Noun1. A person suffering a nervous breakdown. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "neurasthenic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1910. (references) |
| "Neurasthenic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neurasthenic" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neurasthenic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "neurasthenic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nevrastenik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عصبي المنشأ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неврастеничен, неврастеник (neurotic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neurastenický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | neurastenisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | neurasthenisch, neurastheen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | neurasthénique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neurasthenisch, nervenschwach. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νευρασθενικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyenge idegzetû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nevrastenico (irritable), neurastenico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | nearasthenagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eurasthenicnay neurastenia (dumpy, hip, mullock, neurasthenia, neurocirculatory asthenia). (various references) неврастенический, неврастеник. (various references) neurastenik, neurasteničan. (various references) neurasténico. (various references) neurastenisk. (various references) เกี่ยวกับอาการอ่อนเพลีย. (various references) nevrastenik kimse, nevrastenik, sinir hastası (neuropath, neurotic). (various references) неврастенічний, неврастенік (neurotic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "neurasthenic": neurasthenically, neurasthenics. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-n-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: renunciates. | |
-2 letters: centauries, enchanters, enunciates, eutherians, intrenches, nectarines, raunchiest, renunciate, transience. | |
-3 letters: ancienter, canneries, cannister, cauteries, ceintures, centiares, centuries, chanteuse, chantries, chastener, chaunters, cisternae, creatines, enchanter, enhancers, entrances, enunciate, enuretics, estuarine, euthenics, eutherian, herniates, hesitance, incenters, insurance, iterances, narceines, nectaries, nectarine, renascent, runcinate, saturnine, snatchier, stauncher, stenchier, tanneries, tenancies, truancies, uncertain, uncreates, unteaches, urethanes. | |
-4 letters: aetheric, anchusin, ancients, aneurins, anserine, anuretic, archines, arenites, arsenite, asthenic, canister, canniest, canteens, causerie, ceinture, centares, centaurs, centiare, centners, ceratins, cerusite, chanters, chanties, chariest, chaunter, cheaters, chestier, christen, chunters, chutnees, cineaste, cisterna, citherns, cithrens, crannies, creatine, creatins, curtains, cutesier, echinate, enchains, enchants, enchaser, enhancer, enhances, enriches, enshrine, enticers, entrains, entrance, entrench, enuretic, esurient, eucaines, eucharis, eucrites, haircuts, hairnets, hastener, haunters, heartens, hearties, hectares, heretics, herniate, hetaeric, inarches, incenter, increase, increate, inearths, inherent, insectan, insecure, instance, insurant, intenser, internes, intrench, iterance, narceine, narceins, nautches, nescient, neurines, nuisance, raunches, reascent, recheats, recusant, reenacts, resinate, retinues, reunites, ruinates, runniest, ruthenic, sarcenet, sauterne, scantier, secateur, secretin, sinecure, sithence, snatcher, snitcher, stancher, stearine, suricate, tacrines, taurines, teachers, theriacs, thesauri, thinners, trainees, tranches, trenches, unchains, unchaste, uncinate, uncrates, uncreate, unearths, uneasier, uranites, urethane, urethans, urinates. | |
-5 letters: acetins, achenes, achiest, aeriest, aethers, aitches, ancient, anestri, aneurin, anthers, antsier, archine, arcsine, arenite, arsenic, aunties, austere, cahiers, canines, canners, cannier, canteen, canters, canthus, careens, carnets, carnies, caserne, cashier, censure, centare, centaur, centers, centner, centres, cerates, ceratin, cerites, certain, cesurae, cetanes, chaines, chanter, chasten, chaster, chaunts, cheater, chunter, chutnee, cineast, cistern, cithern, cithers, cithren, creates, creatin, crenate, cretins, cristae, cuneate, cunners, curates, curites, curtain, cushier, cutesie, earnest, earthen, eastern, ecartes, echinus, enchain, enchant, enchase, encinas, encrust, enhance, ensnare, enteric, enthuse, enticer, entices, entires, entrain, entries, erethic, escheat, etchers, etesian, ethanes, etheric, ethnics, eucaine, euchres, eucrite, haircut, hairnet, hastier, haunter, hearten, heaters, hectare, heister, henries, heretic, herniae, hernias, hinters, hirsute, hunters, icterus, inanest, incants, incense, incrust, inearth, inheres, insaner, insnare, intense, interne, interns, inturns, nancies, narcein, narcist, nascent, nastier, natures, nearest, neatens, nectars, neither, neurine, neuters, nuances, nutcase, nutrias, nutsier, rachets, raciest, ranches, ratches, ratines, reaches, recanes, recants, recheat, recites, reenact, reheats, rennase, rennets, reshine, retains, retches, reteach, retinae, retinas, retines, retinue, retsina, retunes, reunite, richens, richest, ruinate, runtish, saucier, saunter, scanner, scanter, scunner, seriate, sheitan, shunner, shunter, sincere, sinuate, stainer, stanine, stannic, staunch, stearic, stearin, sthenia, sthenic, stunner, sunnier, tacrine, tanners, tannish, tanrecs, tarnish, taurine, teacher, teaches, techier, techies, tenaces, tenches, tenners, tennies, tenrecs, tenures, theines, thenars, therein, theriac, thinner, tierces, tinners, trainee, trances, tranche, trienes, triunes, tunicae, tunnies, tureens. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-n-n-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: neurasthenics. | |
+4 letters: neurasthenically, nonarchitectures, uncharitableness. | |
+5 letters: underachievements. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110101 01110010 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100011 |
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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0075 0072 0061 0073 0074 0068 0065 006E 0069 0063 |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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