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Narcotic
Definitions
- 1 Of, or relating to narcotics.
- 2 Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
"The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds."
- 1 inducing mental lethargy wordnet
- 2 inducing stupor or narcosis wordnet
- 3 of or relating to or designating narcotics wordnet
- 1 Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
""Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!""
- 2 a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction wordnet
- 3 Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
"But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain."
Etymology
From Middle English narcotyk, from Middle French narcotique (from Old French narcotique, noun use of adjective) and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκόν (narkōtĭkón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).
From Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós).
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