neurotic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person suffering from neurosis
    mental case; psychoneurotic.
  2. adjective characteristic of or affected by neurosis
    • neurotic disorder
    • neurotic symptoms
  3. adjective affected with emotional disorder
    psychoneurotic.

WordNet

Neu*rot"ic adjective
Etymology
Gr. nerve.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
  2. Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
Neu*rot"ic noun
Definitions
  1. A disease seated in the nerves.
  2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. ✍ Neurotic as a class include all those poisons whose mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord.

Webster 1913