narcoleptic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").
adj
Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy.
Example Sentences
- "Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911."
- "A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip was pleasant in a narcoleptic, summery kind of way."
- "The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting."
- "The debate started at 11.30am, nudging out of port with a characteristically narcoleptic speech from Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con)."