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aphasiac, n. and a.|əˈfeɪzɪæk|
[f. prec. + -ac; cf. mania-c.]
A. n. One suffering from aphasia.
1868Ogle in Lancet 21 Mar. 370/2 The testamentary capacity..of aphasiacs without apoplexy or paralysis. 1929W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico i. 14 The ordinary aphasiac could be got at through his ears.
B. adj. = aphasic a.; also transf. (jocular), incapable of ‘speaking’ or sounding. rare.
1892Stevenson & Osbourne Wrecker xxi. 326 The old familiar room,..with..the aphasiac piano. 1906Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 4), Aphasic, Aphasiac, pertaining to or affected with aphasia. |