cataleptical
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cataleptic + -al.
Adjective
[edit]cataleptical (comparative more cataleptical, superlative most cataleptical)
- (rare) Cataleptic.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
- A settled apathy, a gradual wasting away of the person, and frequent although transient affections of a partially cataleptical character, were the unusual diagnosis.