comatose

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊmətoʊs/

Adjective

comatose (comparative more comatose, superlative most comatose)

1. In a coma: unconscious.
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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: komatös (de)
• Ido: komatatra (io)
• Maori: mauringaro
• Portuguese: comatoso
• Russian: коматозный (ru) (komatoznyj)
• Spanish: comatoso (es)

asleep — see asleep

See also

• braindead
• vegetative

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Interlingua

Adjective

comatose (not comparable)

1. comatose, in coma

Related terms

• coma

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Italian

Adjective

comatose

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective comatoso.