neurasthenic
Americanadjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of neurasthenic
First recorded in 1875–80; neurasthen(ia) + -ic
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But on Tuesday, remarkably little sounded discordant, fidgeting, screaming or neurasthenic.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
I’d absorbed the cultural cliche of the neurasthenic poetess in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Rudolf Besier’s Broadway hit that spawned three films and seven TV dramas.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2021
With a neurasthenic mother now in charge, the Nichols family hobbled forward, neither well-to-do nor destitute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
The narrator appears to be only a step from a nervous breakdown, but the neurasthenic sensitivity is gestural, unearned, a bit melodramatic.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
Had Izzy been a different kind of child, this might have led her to be cautious, or neurasthenic, or paranoid.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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