CATALEPTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cataleptic mean? 

• CATALEPTIC (noun)
  The noun CATALEPTIC has 1 sense:

1. a person suffering from catalepsy

  Familiarity information: CATALEPTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• CATALEPTIC (adjective)
  The adjective CATALEPTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy

  Familiarity information: CATALEPTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATALEPTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from catalepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cataleptic" is a kind of...):

psycho; psychotic; psychotic person (a person afflicted with psychosis)

Derivation:

cataleptic (of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy)

• CATALEPTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cataleptic state

Pertainym:

catalepsy (a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli)

Derivation:

catalepsy (a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli)

cataleptic (a person suffering from catalepsy)

 Context examples 

Might the whole story of the cataleptic Russian and his son be a concoction of Dr. Trevelyan’s, who has, for his own purposes, been in Blessington’s rooms?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has been for some years a victim to cataleptic attacks, on which, as is well known, Dr. Trevelyan is an authority.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)