cataleptical
English
Etymology
From cataleptic + -al.
Adjective
cataleptical (comparative more cataleptical, superlative most cataleptical)
- (rare) Cataleptic.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’:
- A settled apathy, a gradual wasting away of the person, and frequent although transient affections of a partially cataleptical character, were the unusual diagnosis.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’: