narcotic
noun
- narcotics used to refer to any psychoactive compound invoking sleep and euphoria. Today often used to point to heroin, morphine and others.
adjective
- relating to narcotics
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/ / /nɑɹˈkɑtɪk/ / [nɑɹˈkɑɾɪk]
adj
Etymology: From Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós).
- Of, or relating to narcotics.
- Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
“The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds.”
noun
Etymology: 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 (narkōtĭkón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).
- 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.
“"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!"”
“In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain.”
- Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
“But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.”
“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.”