comatose
/ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a coma: unconscious.
Example Sentences
- "the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before finally passing away."
- "Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (and result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?"
- "The thought of food snapped her out of her comatose demeanor."
- "I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled."
- "But most of all I'm sick of feeling comatose, like I'm walking through a fog."
- "She was lying comatose on the sofa."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē)bor. Latin cōmalbor. French coma Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -us Middle French -eux French -eux French comateux? Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma)? English comatose Perhaps from French comateux, or from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”)
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: comateux, κῶμα
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/
- British English: /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more comatose (comparative)
most comatose (superlative)
comatoses (present, singular)
comatosing (participle, present)
comatosed (participle, past)
comatosed (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
comatose fever
comatose sleep