narcotic
/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/nahr-KO-tik
/nɑɹˈkɑtɪk/nahr-KAH-tik
Meaningnumbing
Common meaning: a numbing drug
- narcnumbnessLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 991 · scan
- oticadjective ending from Greek -ōtikos
Journey through time
- Greekνάρκη‘numbness’
- Englishnarcotic‘a numbing drug’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek νάρκη ‘numbness’.
Roots
- νάρκη Greek “numbness”
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