cataleptic

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  • Noun:
    a person suffering from catalepsy
  • Adjective:
    of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy

Word Origin

cataleptic (adj.)
1680s, from Late Latin catalepticus, from Greek kataleptikos, from kataleptos (see catalepsy). The noun meaning "one affected by catalepsy" is from 1851.

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