NARCOTIC


Meaning of NARCOTIC in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. (of a substance) inducing drowsiness, sleep, stupor, or insensibility.

2 (of a drug) affecting the mind.

3 of or involving narcosis.

4 soporific.

--n. a narcotic substance, drug, or influence.

Derivatives:

narcotically adv. narcotism n. narcotize v.tr. (also -ise). narcotization n.

Etymology: ME f. OF narcotique or med.L f. Gk narkotikos (as NARCOSIS)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.