different between neurotic vs neuritic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nj?????t?k/, /nj????t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Etymology

Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) +? -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.

Adjective

neurotic (not comparable)

1. Affected with a neurosis.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience Lecture I:

     If there were such a thing as inspiration from a higher realm, it might well be that the neurotic temperament would furnish the chief condition of the requisite receptivity.

2. (informal) Overly anxious.

   • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, […], the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, […]!”
3. (medicine) Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Translations

Noun

neurotic (plural neurotics)

1. A person who has a neurosis

Synonyms

• jitterbug, nervous wreck, worrywart; see also Thesaurus:worrier

Translations

References

• “neurotic, adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2003

Anagrams

• countrie, unerotic

English

Adjective

neuritic (comparative more neuritic, superlative most neuritic)

1. Of or relating to neuritis.

Derived terms

• antineuritic
• intraneuritic
• postneuritic

Noun

neuritic (plural neuritics)

1. An individual who has neuritis.

Anagrams

• teruncii