narcoleptic
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- adjective
- /ˌnɑr.kəˈlɛp.tɪk/
- Specialized
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narcoléptico
- The narcoleptic student sometimes stared off in class, waking up only when his name was called.
I lost it and dropped like someone seized by narcoleptic sleep.
- I lost it and dropped like someone seized by narcoleptic sleep.
Examples
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After a long day, Sarah felt narcoleptic and struggled to stay awake on the couch.
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In short, the result of listening to Love and Theft is more narcoleptic than satisfying.
Blog text (14) -
- Well, he must be narcoleptic.
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What if he was a narcoleptic.
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The narcoleptic Argentinean is unconscious.
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I noticed it was pretty crummy coffee, but being narcoleptic, I have even less morning sentience than your average.
Blog text (10) -
I'm narcoleptic.
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When, after several months of narcoleptic-like stupor, I finally saw her, I had already fallen into the work that my no-man's identity made absurdly easy for me.
Fiction book (2001) -
By then, Spiritualized had nailed its symphonic, narcoleptic gospel, and the show was blistering loud, bright, hot, and hypnotic.
Blog text (27) -
His narcoleptic condition meant he often fell asleep unexpectedly during meetings.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
narcoleptic = narcolepsy (semi-transparent) = narc + leptic
The term 'narcoleptic' is derived from 'narcolepsy', with the suffix '-ic' indicating a relation to the condition, but the root 'narc' is not commonly recognized as related to sleep.
Etymology
Narcoleptic comes from Greek parts narco- meaning 'sleep' or 'numbness' and -leptic meaning 'seizure' or 'attack', and the same narco- appears in narcotic, a drug that can make you sleepy. So narcoleptic describes something relating to narcolepsy or to sudden, uncontrollable sleepiness.