cataleptic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy

   cataleptic persons

2. 2
   adj

   Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy.

   Methought I was immersed in a cataleptic trance of more than usual duration and profundity.

From catalepsy + -ic. Catalepsy came through French and Late Latin from Ancient Greek katalēpsis, meaning a seizure or grasping, from katalambanein, 'to seize.'

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