Meanings
adjectivecataleptical (comparative more cataleptical, superlative most cataleptical)
comparative more cataleptical · superlative most cataleptical
- rareCataleptic.
A settled apathy, a gradual wasting away of the person, and frequent although transient affections of a partially cataleptical character, were the unusual diagnosis.
1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
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cataleptical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataleptical
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“cataleptical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataleptical. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cataleptical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataleptical.
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