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Cataleptic

noun
1.
A person suffering from catalepsy.





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"Cataleptic" Quotes from Famous Books



... themselves in each other's company, while Captain Fortescue dished up the kind of small talk to which they were accustomed to the two Halberton girls, Lady Halberton continuously sparkling at Sir Jocelyn and her husband presiding over the whole function with set lips like a cataleptic. ...
— The Tragic Bride • Francis Brett Young
... things—that woman I told you about, and three men. One of 'em is you, the other two is Mexicans. You're at a water-hole in the mesquite. Now there's a shooting scrape; I see the body of a dead man." The speaker became silent; evidently his cataleptic vision was far from perfect. But he soon began to drone again. "Now I behold a stranger at the same water-hole. He's alone—he's looking for something. He rides in circles. He's off his horse and ...
— Heart of the Sunset • Rex Beach


Words linked to "Cataleptic" :   catalepsy, psycho, psychotic, psychotic person


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