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narcotic

noun
/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/UK/nɑɹˈkɑtɪk/CA/nɐːˈkɔtɪk/

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”).

  1. derived from ναρκόω — “to benumb”
  2. derived from ναρκωτῐκόν
  3. derived from narcōticum
  4. derived from narcotique
  5. derived from narcotique
  6. inherited from narcotyk

Definitions

  1. Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour

    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!"
    • In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain.
    • The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics.

  2. 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.
    • Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.

  3. Of, or relating to narcotics.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Inducing sleep

      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.

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Derived

antinarcotic, anti-narcotic, narcotics, nonnarcotic, non-narcotic, subnarcotic, counternarcotic, electronarcotic, narcotically, narcoticize

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for narcotic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA