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semicatatonic

semicatatonic adjective: in a state partially resembling catatonia.

Adjective

semicatatonic (not comparable)

  1. In a state partially resembling catatonia.
    • When these people speak — and they do at length, often in lyrical monologues of unexpected beauty — it is with the semicatatonic air of someone waking from a long sleep, grasping for fragments of vanished dreams.2009 March 24, Ben Brantley, “Swimming Across the Rough Sea of History”, in The New York Times
    • On the two plane rides home I watch three “Bridget Jones” movies in a semi-catatonic state. I feel numb when we step into our apartment.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times

Origin of semicatatonic

From semi- + catatonic.

Questions about semicatatonic

What does semicatatonic mean?
Semicatatonic means in a state partially resembling catatonia.
What part of speech is semicatatonic?
Semicatatonic is an adjective.

Words near semicatatonic in the dictionary

  1. semicastrated
  2. semicastrates
  3. semicastrating
  4. semicastration
  5. semicasual
  6. semicatatonic
  7. semicategories
  8. semicategory
  9. semicelebrities
  10. semicelebrity
  11. semicelestial

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