Narcoleptic

Quick meaning: Narcoleptic is a noun meaning One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").

Meaning

One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").

More Meanings

1. Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy.
2. (figuratively) Lacking activity; drowsy, lethargic.
3. (figuratively) Tending to "put someone to sleep"; extremely boring or tedious.

Example Sentences

The debate started at 11.30am, nudging out of port with a characteristically narcoleptic speech from Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con).

Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911.

The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting.

A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip was pleasant in a narcoleptic, summery kind of way.

Word Forms

• narcoleptics

Related Words

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