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発音

• IPA^(key): /nɑː(ɹ)ˈkɒtɪk/
• 韻: -ɒtɪk

語源 1

From Middle English narcotyk, from Middle French narcotique (from Old French narcotique, noun use of adjective) and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκόν (narkōtikón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtikós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).^[1]

名詞

narcotic (複数形 narcotics)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!"

2. Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:

     Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.

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語源 2

From Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtikós).^[2]

形容詞

narcotic (comparative more narcotic, superlative most narcotic)

1. Of, or relating to narcotics.

   Synonym: narcotics

2. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

参照

• “narcotic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

アナグラム

• caticorn, cratonic