clonic

English

Etymology

clonus +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɒnɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

clonic (comparative more clonic, superlative most clonic)

1. Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     Hospital attendants stand by to drag the children off, drooling, screaming, having clonic convulsions.

Antonyms

• tonic

Translations

having irregular, convulsive spasms

• German: klonisch
• Hungarian: rángásos
• Italian: clonico
• Portuguese: clónico (Portugal), clônico (Brazil)
• Spanish: clónico

Anagrams

• Concil.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French clonique.

Adjective

clonic m or n (feminine singular clonică, masculine plural clonici, feminine and neuter plural clonice)

1. clonic

Declension

Declension of clonic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	clonic		clonică	clonici	clonice
	definite	clonicul		clonica	clonicii	clonicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	clonic		clonice	clonici	clonice
	definite	clonicului		clonicei	clonicilor	clonicelor

References

• clonic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN