Hypertext Webster Gateway: "narcotic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\, a. [F. narcotique, Gr. ??????????, fr.
??????? to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.] (Med.)
Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
-- {Nar*cot"ic*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\, 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.
Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
narcotic
adj 1: of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic
addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
2: inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" [syn: {narcotizing},
{narcotising}]
3: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn: {soporiferous},
{soporific}]
n : a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for
pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to
addiction
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