NARCOTICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

narcotically (comparative more narcotically, superlative most narcotically)

In a narcotic manner.

By means of narcotics

Source: Wiktionary


NARCOTIC

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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