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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction;


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to or designating narcotics;
- Example: "narcotic addicts"
- Example: "narcotic stupor"

2. inducing stupor or narcosis;
- Example: "narcotic drugs"
[syn: narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising]

3. inducing mental lethargy;
- Example: "a narcotic speech"
[syn: narcotic, soporiferous, soporific]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [F. narcotique,
   Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness,
   torpor.] (Med.)
   Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
   [1913 Webster] -- Nar*cot"ic*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), n. (Med.)
   A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid
   susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which,
   in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions,
   and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The
   best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with
   atropine), and conium.
   [1913 Webster]

         Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes.   --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

narcotic
    adj 1: of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic
           addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
    2: inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" [syn:
       narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising]
    3: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn:
       narcotic, soporiferous, soporific]
    n 1: a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for
         pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to
         addiction