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epileptical, a.|ɛpɪˈlɛptɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. = epileptic A. 1.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. iii. ii. i, Headache followes; and as Salust Salvianus..found, epilepticall, with a multitude of humours in the head. 1656H. More Enthus. Tri. 21 That he was Melancholy his Epilepticall fits are one argument. 1727Lardner Wks. (1838) I. 487 It was a sad epileptical disease. 1819Byron Juan ii. l, A kind of wild and horrid glee, Half epileptical, and half hysterical.
2. fig. Spasmodic; inconstant: also, hard to hold or retain.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. II. vi. §3. 99 Did they answer their promise which are so commended, in Epilepticall intentions, wee would abate these qualities. 1646Evance Noble Ord. 9 It is this that makes the state of honour so epilepticall, so slippery. |