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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dyscalculia. #162014 09/18/2006 12:56 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 What's the adjective of this word? What's the agentive noun? "This man is a dyscalculiac"? "He's dyscalculic"? Or do we have to say: "He suffers from dyscalculia"? Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dyscalculia. #162015 09/20/2006 5:20 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hm. Unless there's a bad smell in here, I guess no one is sure. Without the benefit of an informed opinion, my best shot is probably to look at words which have "calculare" as a root, and see what their adjectival endings are. The adjective of "calculate" is "calculative"; so, shouldn't the adjective of "dyscalculia" be "dyscalculative" ? What do you think? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dyscalculia. #162016 09/20/2006 5:41 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US That sounds like a valid analogy save for 'calculative' not being an involuntary condition. Following 'anemic' and 'dyslexic' as a pattern would make it 'dyscalculic' as in your first post. ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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