comatose

English

Etymology

• perhaps from French comateux
• From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma +‎ -ose (“full of”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/, /ˈkɒm.əˌtəʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/, /ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/

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Adjective

comatose (comparative more comatose, superlative most comatose)

1. In a coma: unconscious.

   the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before finally passing away.

2. (informal) Drowsy or lethargic.
   • 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-proofing your children-- so that they never become diet-addicted adults., page 24:

     Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (and result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?

   • 2009, Joel Schnoor, I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head, page 180:

     The thought of food snapped her out of her comatose demeanor.

   • 2009, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Nice Girls Can Finish First, page xi:

     I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.

   • 2015, Delilah S. Dawson, Servants of the Storm, page 14:

     But most of all I'm sick of feeling comatose, like I'm walking through a fog.

3. (informal) Fast asleep.

   She was lying comatose on the sofa.

Derived terms

• comatose sleep
• comatose fever

Related terms

• coma

Translations

resembling a coma

• Catalan: comatós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 昏迷的 (hūnmí de)

• Dutch: comateus (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: koomainen, komatoosinen, tajuton (fi)
• French: comateux (fr)
• German: komatös (de)
• Greek: κωματώδης (el) (komatódis)
• Ido: komatatra (io)
• Italian: comatoso (it)
• Maori: mauringaro
• Portuguese: comatoso
• Romanian: comatos (ro)
• Russian: коматозный (ru) (komatoznyj)
• Spanish: comatoso (es)

asleep — see asleep

See also

• braindead
• vegetative

Verb

comatose (third-person singular simple present comatoses, present participle comatosing, simple past and past participle comatosed)

1. (rare, colloquial, nonstandard) To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma.
   • 1998 February 8, rob, “Death Penalty”, in nz.general‎^[1] (Usenet):

     killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.

   • 2006 July 26, Mike Hunt, “Ranking. Nice.”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool‎^[2] (Usenet):

     [Liverpool is] #1 in the league for murdering and comatosing fans of othe rclubs.

   • 2019 April 28, John Finnan, Mustang Bally, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68:

     Then slipping on my silky dernier and tights, g-strings sculpted my voluptuous cheeks, brassiere comatosing my wobbly knockers.

Anagrams

• octasome

Interlingua

Adjective

comatose (not comparable)

1. comatose, in coma

Related terms

• coma

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.maˈto.ze/
• Rhymes: -oze
• Hyphenation: co‧ma‧tó‧se

Adjective

comatose

1. feminine plural of comatoso