narcotic

narcotic
nar•cot•ic
[[t]nɑrˈkɒt ɪk[/t]] n.
1) pha any of a class of habituating or addictive substances that blunt the senses and in increasing doses cause confusion, stupor, coma, and death: some are used in medicine to relieve intractable pain or induce anesthesia
2) anything that exercises a soothing or numbing effect or influence
3) of or having the power to produce narcosis, as a drug
4) pertaining to or of the nature of narcosis
5) pha of or pertaining to narcotics or their use
6) pha used by, or in the treatment of, narcotic addicts
Etymology: 1350–1400; ME narcotik(e) (n.) < ML narcōticum < Gk narkōtikón, n. use of neut. of narkōtikós numbing =narkō-, var. s. of narkoûn to numb (see narcosis) +-tikos -tic nar•cot′i•cal•ly, adv.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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