spathic

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adjective

Having good cleavage.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivespathic (comparative more spathic, superlative most spathic)

comparative more spathic · superlative most spathic

  1. chemistryHaving good cleavage.
  2. slangHaving attractive cleavage of the breasts.

    So? Any of you out there wanna demonstrate how spathic you are?

    2000 April 7, Alex Jay Berman, “Re: Cleavage”, in misc.writing (Usenet)
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    Stephanie pressed Steve's 25-inch chest (64 cm) into the crevice between her own spathic, hypertrophied milk-producing organs.

    1996 April 14, Lingster, “NEW: AMAZON ARTIFACT 7/8 (M/F cs ama. trans.)”, in alt.amazon-women.admirers (Usenet)

    Didn't the Alfred Bester tribute in one of the Callahan's Bar stories use the old geologist's pun of describing a young woman as "spathic"?

    2003 September 26, "Captain Button" (username), "Re: Orogeny, erogeny wasn't Re: Slide rules", in rec.arts.sf.written and sci.geo.geology, Usenet

    It only makes up for the lack of spathic content if the tentacles are, ahem, 'Centaurian' in nature.

    2005 June 29, David McMillan, “Re: Sea Wasp is not happy with us”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσπάθη“any broad blade of metal or wood”
  2. Englishspathic

From Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade of metal or wood”). Cognates include spatula.

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Translations

French spathique
  • spathiqueHaving good cleavage
Polish spatyczny
  • spatycznyHaving good cleavage

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APA

spathic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spathic

MLA

“spathic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spathic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spathic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spathic.

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