different between epileptic vs fitter

English

Alternative forms

• epileptick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French épileptique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??l?pt?k/
• Hyphenation: epi?lep?tic

Adjective

epileptic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to epilepsy.
2. Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

Translations

Noun

epileptic (plural epileptics)

1. (dated sense, derogatory) A person who has epilepsy.
2. (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

   Synonym: antiepileptic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French épileptique, from Latin epilepticus.

Adjective

epileptic m or n (feminine singular epileptic?, masculine plural epileptici, feminine and neuter plural epileptice)

1. epileptic

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Etymology

fit +? -er

Adjective

fitter

1. comparative form of fit: more fit

Noun

fitter (plural fitters)

1. A person who fits or assembles something.
2. (informal) An epileptic.
3. (Britain, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
4. (film, historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
   • 2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader (page 268)

     For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.

Derived terms

• gasfitter
• upfitter

Translations

References

Anagrams

• titfer

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

fitter

1. comparative degree of fit

Adjective

fitter

1. inflection of fit:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fitter m or f

1. indefinite plural of fitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fitter f

1. indefinite plural of fitte