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epileptick

epileptick is the obsolete form of epileptic.

Meaning of epileptic

Adjective

epileptic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to epilepsy.
    • The children die off in vast numbers: those pale roses are all nerves. Hence, will presently burst forth the epileptic dances of the fourteenth century.1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
  2. Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

See all 4 meanings of epileptic

Forms of epileptick

Adjective
comparativemore epileptick
superlativemost epileptick
Noun
pluralepilepticks

Questions about epileptick

What is epileptick the obsolete form of?
Epileptick is the obsolete form of epileptic.

Words near epileptick in the dictionary

  1. epilepsies
  2. epilepsy
  3. epileptic
  4. epileptical
  5. epileptically
  6. epileptick
  7. epilepticks
  8. epileptics
  9. epileptiform
  10. epileptigenic
  11. epileptogeneses

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