adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
narcoleptic
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adj
Meaning 2
Lacking activity; drowsy, lethargic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Meaning 3
Tending to "put someone to sleep"; extremely boring or tedious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to narcolepsy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 6
a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: soporific, hypnotic
noun
Meaning 7
a person who has narcolepsy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
Etymology
From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: narkoleptisk — pertaining to narcolepsy
- Finnish: narkoleptinen — pertaining to narcolepsy
- French: narcoleptique — pertaining to narcolepsy
- German: narkoleptisch — pertaining to narcolepsy
- Portuguese: narcoléptico — pertaining to narcolepsy
- Spanish: narcoléptico — pertaining to narcolepsy
- Vietnamese: ngủ rũ — pertaining to narcolepsy
- Danish: narkoleptiker — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Finnish: narkoleptikko — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- French: narcoleptique — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- German: Narkoleptiker — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Polish: narkoleptyk — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Polish: narkoleptyczka — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Portuguese: narcoléptico — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Serbo-Croatian: narkoleptičar — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Spanish: narcoléptica — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Spanish: narcoléptico — one who suffers from narcolepsy
- Vietnamese: ngủ rũ — one who suffers from narcolepsy