epileptoid

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English

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Etymology

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From epileptic +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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epileptoid (comparative more epileptoid, superlative most epileptoid)

  1. (medicine) Resembling epilepsy.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 983:
      A spasm of violent nausea seized him and he turned up his eyes into his head in a frightening grimace which seemed almost epileptoid.

Noun

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epileptoid (plural epileptoids)

  1. (archaic) A person with epilepsy.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French épileptoïde.

Adjective

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epileptoid m or n (feminine singular epileptoidă, masculine plural epileptoizi, feminine and neuter plural epileptoide)

  1. epileptoid

Declension

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