Meanings
adjectivecataleptic (comparative more cataleptic, superlative most cataleptic)
comparative more cataleptic · superlative most cataleptic
- Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy.
She keeps still, feigning cataleptic exhaustion.
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 7711 more example
Methought I was immersed in a cataleptic trance of more than usual duration and profundity.
1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial
Translations
Catalan catalèptic
- catalèpticpertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy
French cataleptique
- cataleptiquepertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy
Greek καταληπτικός
- καταληπτικός (kataliptikós)pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy
Polish kataleptyczny, kataleptyk
- kataleptycznypertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy
- kataleptykperson experiencing catalepsy
- kataleptyczkaperson experiencing catalepsy
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APA
cataleptic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataleptic
MLA
“cataleptic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataleptic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cataleptic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataleptic.
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