NARCOTIC

I. noun see: snare Date: 14th century 1. a drug (as opium or morphine) that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions, a drug (as marijuana or LSD) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive ~s whether physiologically addictive and ~ or not, something that soothes, relieves, or lulls, II. adjective Date: 1526 1. having the properties of or yielding a ~, inducing mental lethargy, of, induced by, or concerned with ~s, of, involving, or intended for ~ addicts, ~ally adverb