cataleptical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cataleptic +‎ -al.

Adjective[edit]

cataleptical (comparative more cataleptical, superlative most cataleptical)

  1. (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.
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