cataleptic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy.
She keeps still, feigning cataleptic exhaustion.
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 771:Methought I was immersed in a cataleptic trance of more than usual duration and profundity.
1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cataleptic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cataleptic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
anticataleptic · cataleptically · cataleptical
Translations (4)
ca catalèptic (pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy) · pl kataleptyczny (pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy) · fr cataleptique (pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy) · el καταληπτικός (pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy)