- spasmodic (adj.)
[spasmodic 词源字典]
- 1680s, from French spasmodique, from Medieval Latin spasmodicus, from Greek spasmodes "of the nature of a spasm," from spasmos (see spasm) + -odes "like" (see -oid). Related: Spasmodically.[spasmodic etymology, spasmodic origin, 英语词源]