NARCOTIC

narcotic, soporiferous, soporific

(adjective) inducing mental lethargy; “a narcotic speech”

narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising

(adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis; “narcotic drugs”

narcotic

(adjective) of or relating to or designating narcotics; “narcotic addicts”; “narcotic stupor”

narcotic

(noun) a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

narcotic (plural narcotics)

(pharmaceutical drug) 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.

Any type of numbing drug.

Adjective

narcotic (comparative more narcotic, superlative most narcotic)

Of, or relating to narcotics.

(pharmaceutical effect) Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

Anagrams

• caticorn, cratonic

Source: Wiktionary

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Nar*cot"ic, a. Etym: [F. narcotique, Gr. na`rkh numbness, torpor.] (Med.)

Definition: Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.

– Nar*cot"ic*ness, n.

Nar*cot"ic, n. (Med.)

Definition: A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium. Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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