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epileptic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to epilepsy.
    • The children die off in vast numbers: those pale roses are all nerves. Hence, will presently burst forth the epileptic dances of the fourteenth century. 1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages:
  2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
epileptick alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

postepileptic · proepileptic · epileptor · epileptoid · epileptically · nonepileptic · subepileptic · eppy · pseudoepileptic

Translations (48)

hu epilepsziás (of or relating to epilepsy) · ga titimeach (of or relating to epilepsy) · pt epiléptico (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · vo peiläpanik (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · de fallsüchtig (of or relating to epilepsy) · ca epilèptic (of or relating to epilepsy) · vo peiläpik (of or relating to epilepsy) · el επιληπτικός (of or relating to epilepsy) · pl epileptyczny (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · da epileptisk (of or relating to epilepsy) · cs epileptický (of or relating to epilepsy) · sh епилѐптичкӣ (of or relating to epilepsy) · eo epilepsiulina (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · eo epilepsia (of or relating to epilepsy) · pl epileptyczny (of or relating to epilepsy) · pt epiléptico (of or relating to epilepsy) · el επιληπτικός (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · hu epileptikus (of or relating to epilepsy) · hi मिरगिया (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · uk епілепти́чний (of or relating to epilepsy) · hi अपस्मारिक (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · ru эпилепти́ческий (of or relating to epilepsy) · fr épileptique (of or relating to epilepsy) · grc ἐπιληπτικός (of or relating to epilepsy) · ga titimeach (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · ms epileptik (of or relating to epilepsy) · de epileptisch (of or relating to epilepsy) · vo jipeiläpanik (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · pt epilético (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · ga titimis (of or relating to epilepsy) · fi epileptinen (of or relating to epilepsy) · ang fiellesēoc (of or relating to epilepsy) · it epilettico (of or relating to epilepsy) · hi अपस्मारी (of or relating to epilepsy) · nn epileptisk (of or relating to epilepsy) · pt epilético (of or relating to epilepsy) · eo virepilepsiula (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · uk епілепти́чний (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · sh epilèptičkī (of or relating to epilepsy) · es epiléptico (of or relating to epilepsy) · nb epileptisk (of or relating to epilepsy) · vo hipeiläpanik (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · it epilettico (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · fi epileptinen (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · hi मिरगिया (of or relating to epilepsy) · hi अपस्मारिक (of or relating to epilepsy) · hi अपस्मारी (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics) · eo epilepsiula (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)

epileptic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).

Meanings

  1. A person who has epilepsy.
    • The present Immigration Act on the books bars entry to Canada to homosexuals, prostitutes, epileptics, and those said to be "living off the avails of homosexualism or prostitution." 1976 December 25, “Canada's Gay Ban”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:
  2. (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
epileptics Number=Plur lexicographic
epileptick alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

antiepileptic

Translations (34)

as আঁৱৰীয়া (person who has epilepsy) · sh епилѐптича̄р (person who has epilepsy) · ru эпиле́птик (person who has epilepsy) · eo epilepsiulo (person who has epilepsy) · bn মৃগীরোগী (person who has epilepsy) · hi मिरगिया (person who has epilepsy) · ga titimeach (person who has epilepsy) · sh epilèptičār (person who has epilepsy) · uk епілепти́чка (person who has epilepsy) · sh па̏давича̄рка (person who has epilepsy) · ca epilèptic (person who has epilepsy) · pl epileptyk (person who has epilepsy) · it epilettica (person who has epilepsy) · de Epileptikerin (person who has epilepsy) · de Epileptiker (person who has epilepsy) · sh епилѐптича̄рка (person who has epilepsy) · it epilettico (person who has epilepsy) · sh pȁdavičār (person who has epilepsy) · vo peiläpan (person who has epilepsy) · vo hipeiläpan (person who has epilepsy) · cs epileptička (person who has epilepsy) · cs epileptik (person who has epilepsy) · eo epilepsiulino (person who has epilepsy) · eo virepilepsiulo (person who has epilepsy) · uk епіле́птик (person who has epilepsy) · pl epileptyczka (person who has epilepsy) · vo jipeiläpan (person who has epilepsy) · hu epilepsziás (person who has epilepsy) · sh epilèptičārka (person who has epilepsy) · sh pȁdavičārka (person who has epilepsy) · sh па̏давича̄р (person who has epilepsy) · fi epileptikko (person who has epilepsy) · da epileptiker (person who has epilepsy) · el επιληπτικός (person who has epilepsy)