narcoticn.

Brit.

/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/, U.S.

/nɑrˈkɑdɪk/

Forms: Middle English merkotikes (plural, transmission error), Middle English narcotyk, Middle English narkotykes (plural), Middle English nercotik, Middle English nercotikes (plural), Middle English nercotises (plural, transmission error), Middle English nertokes (plural, transmission error), Middle English vercotykis (plural, transmission error), Middle English 1700s– narcotic, 1600s narcotica (plural), 1600s narcotique (plural), 1600s–1700s narcotick.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French narcotique; Latin narcoticum.

Etymology: < Middle French, French narcotique (1314 in Old French) and its etymon post-classical Latin narcoticum (from 13th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek ναρκωτικόν (short for ναρκωτικὸν ϕάρμακον narcotic medicament), use as noun of neuter singular of ναρκωτικός narcotic adj. Compare Italian narcotico (1583), Spanish narcótico, Dutch narcoticum (1778 or earlier in plural form narcotica), German Narkotikum (early 18th cent. in plural form Narcotica).In sense 2, used for drugs (such as cocaine) which are not narcotic in effect, perhaps due to their inclusion in lists of all proscribed drugs in U.S. narcotics laws such as those described in quot. 1894 at sense 2. In plural form narcotica after the post-classical Latin plural form.

a. Medicine. A drug which when swallowed, inhaled, or injected into the system induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility, according to its strength and the amount taken; esp. an opiate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > narcotic

narcoticc1385

opiec1385

opiate?a1425

dormitary1547

mandragora1605

dormitive1619

nepenthe1728

opiatic1847

sleep-stuff1880

chemical1954

fentanyl1963

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1472 Maad of a certeyn wyn With nercotikes and opye.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 64 Narkotykes þat cause men to slepe.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2670 He shal slepe as longe as evere thee leste, The narcotyks & opies ben so stronge.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. ii. 10 A sleeping Disease is got by the too frequent use of Medicines called Narcoticks, that do produce sleep.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 60 Boetius holds it to be a good narcotick, and that it safely may be given to procure sleep.

1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 123 The Pain may be eas'd..by Anodins and Narcoticks.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 214/1 This is the Case of Tobacco, and of most other Narcotics, such as Poppies, Nightshade, etc.

1826 Lancet 22 July 515/2 When the pain is very severe..we can do nothing but administer narcotics; and it is in the advanced stages of the disease necessary almost to stupify the patient with them.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 263 The hop is a useful narcotic, and the smell of its flowers soporific.

1890 B. F. Austin Woman 123 And who [is] so likely to have steady nerves as those who are neither addicted to stimulants nor narcotics?

1939 ‘F. O'Brien’ At Swim-Two-Birds 27 As a narcotic, it chiefly affects the nervous system; blunts the sensibility of the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

1962 K. A. Porter Ship of Fools 232 Herr Glocken,..drowsy and dazed with his narcotic but unable to sleep, drew near them.

1991 Traveller Spring 38/3 The drink was a mild narcotic, the active ingredient of which is obtained from the ground roots of the pepper plant.

b. In extended use: something that produces torpor or boredom.

ΚΠ

1796 G. Colman Iron Chest ii. ii. 43 A book to me's a sovereign Narcotick.

1847 R. B. Peake Title Deeds ii. iii. 35 La! aunt! his conversation is a narcotic.

1910 D. H. Lawrence in Eng. Rev. Apr. 5 The dark narcotic of weariness.

1990 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 77 729/2 The..narcotic of anecdote.

2. Originally U.S. A drug affecting mood or behaviour which is sold for non-medical purposes, esp. one whose use is prohibited or under strict legal control but which tends nevertheless to be extensively used illegally. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s)

opiate?a1425

dope1886

hop1887

Peter1899

quill1916

junk1921

narcotic1926

stuff1929

mojo1935

sugar1935

gear1954

narco1954

sauce1975

opie1992

Scooby Snack1996

1894 Laws of Maryland ccxlvii. 326 A drunkard..shall be deemed to include any person who has acquired the habit of using spirituous, malt or fermented liquors, cocaine or other narcotics to such a degree as to deprive him or her of reasonable self-control.

1915 Federal Reporter 225 84 A narcotic was found in his possession.

1926 Rep. Drug Addiction in Calif. (Calif. State Narcotic Comm.) 13 When used in this report, the term ‘narcotics’ or ‘drugs’ includes all of the following: Cocaine, opium, morphine,..Indian hemp, peyote, or chloral hydrate.

1972 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 12/1 The Americans prefer the word ‘narcotics’, which although not entirely accurate—not all banned drugs cause narcosis—is better understood, so it will be used from here on.

1974 A. Goth Med. Pharmacol. (ed. 7) xxv. 304 Although marihuana is not medically a narcotic, it is classified legally as a narcotic in some states for purposes of control.

1987 B. Milgate & A. Milgate Cochin Connection (1988) vii. 81 A tug and two luxury yachts had left Cochin recently, carrying what was thought to be an enormous quantity of narcotics.

1996 R. H. Bork Slouching towards Gomorrah i. i. 23 A lot of the cures are anti-social: alcohol, narcotics, cruelty, pornography.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. With narcotic in singular form.Most of the compounds illustrated here have a counterpart with the narcotic in plural form (see Compounds 2), which in recent use tends to be more common.

ΚΠ

1898 (title) Treasury decisions under the customs, internal revenue, industrial alcohol, narcotic and other laws. (U.S. Treasury Dept.)

1902 (title) The treatment and cure of narcotic addictions by immediate withdrawal and ‘de-narcotization’. (Subers-Russell Medicinal Co.)

1920 Amer. Jrnl. Public Health 10 1 (title) Administrative handling of the narcotic addict: its benefits and dangers.

1926 Proc. 1st World Conf. Narcotic Educ. 227 The narcotic squad [in Philadelphia] was under the command of Captain Van Horn.

1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 457/1 Federal narcotic agents suspect that some of the pitchman's associates may be distributing ‘coke’.

1929 Narcotic Educ. Apr. 73/1 The most gigantic narcotic ring in the history of the illegal drug trade.

1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor v. 73 In cities the market for brothels, gambling joints, & narcotic dens is better.

1951 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 June 2/2 The State Legislature at Albany ordered an inquiry, which met last week. And this week the American Legion has followed it up with a ‘narcotic clinic’ of its own.

1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/1 They were the bookies, and money lenders..and the narcotic pedlars.

1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 11 Last night my married lover..told me he was gay/a sex addict/a narcotic addict..and beat me up with a dildo.

C2. With narcotic in plural form.

ΚΠ

1924 D. Hammett Nightmare Town in Argosy All-Story Weekly 27 Dec. 521/1 You'll find a flock of men in the State pen who came here—most of them as narcotics agents or prohibition agents.

1932 H. T. Muzumdar Gandhi versus Empire xv. 169 (heading) Women combat narcotics traffic.

1934 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 28 476 Rewards for information on violation of the narcotics laws.

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 202 Narcotics addicts and marihuana smokers are infiltrating the cafés.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie iii. 39 They found out the narcotics squad had a warrant for him sworn out by the State Inspector.

1962 ‘E. McBain’ Like Love (1964) ix. 119 A narcotics cop will insist on examining a prostitute's thighs for hit marks.

1965 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 30 799/1 There is a telling review of federal statements concerning the narcotics clinic.

1972 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 3/1 A national Narcotics Bureau is to be set up in London next month to coordinate the activities of police drug squads in this country.

1981 Contemp. Sociol. 10 525 Narcotics police aggravate this problem by hiding the little information they do have.

1987 R. Rosenbaum Trav. with Dr. Death (1991) 143 He'd become a precinct detective after serving on the aggressive ‘buy-and-bust’ narcotics squad.

1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 66/1 They should be working together against the common threats of terrorism, narcotics traffickers and money laundering.

1997 Independent 23 Apr. 1/3 A thriving business rivalling the narcotics trade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

narcoticadj.

Brit.

/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/, U.S.

/nɑrˈkɑdɪk/

Forms: 1500s narcotycke, 1600s–1700s narcotick, 1600s–1700s narcoticke, 1600s–1700s narcotique, 1600s– narcotic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French narcotique; Latin narcoticus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French narcotique, adjective (c1390) and its etymon post-classical Latin narcoticus that induces numbess or stupor (9th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek ναρκωτικός < ancient Greek ναρκοῦν to benumb, deaden (see narcosis n.) + -ωτικός -otic suffix. Compare Italian narcotico (a1313), Spanish narcótico (1581), German narkotisch (16th cent.). Compare earlier narcotic n.

a. Of a substance or its properties: producing sleep or stupefaction; having the effect of a narcotic; of the nature of a narcotic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep

sleepingc1369

sleepy1398

lullingc1440

somnolentc1475

sleepery1513

sleeprife1513

narcotic1526

opiate1543

breed-sleep1582

somnoriferous1583

drowsy1590

dormitive1593

soporiferous1601

somniferous1602

sleep-bringing1605

dormitary1609

hypnotic1625

dormitory1631

papaverous1646

dormant1654

hypnotical1657

somnifyinga1661

sleepifying1662

slumberous1667

soporific1690

somnific1721

somniculous1820

somnorific1865

soporous1866

drowsing1881

narcoleptic1984

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [adjective] > narcotic

narcotic1526

druggy1919

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > dulling

narcotic1526

narcotical1587

dulling1592

obtunding1645

narcotizing1846

obtundent1891

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic

stupefactive?a1425

sedativec1425

narcotic1526

opiate1543

narcotical1587

soporiferous1601

hypnotic1625

soporative1629

pacative1664

opiative1674

opiatic1678

thebaic1746

soporific1775

narcotico-acrid1815

depressant1887

opiumy1891

1526 Grete Herball sig. Ddii^v/2 Narcotycke is whan a medycyne is so colde of nature y^t through her grete coldenesse it maketh one to swelle and taketh or enslepeth dyuers membres of a mannys body & also the taste and sauour or a grete parte therof.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 103 This later Daffodil..stuffeth the head, for which narcoticke qualitie..it took the name in Greek Narcissus.

1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 116 Three parts of four of them are an insipid Narcotick flegme.

a1668 W. Davenant Masque in Wks. (1673) 364 Injunctions are gone out..for the purging of the heavenly Beverage of a narcotique weed.

1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 47 The stupifying narcotic Qualities of the Yeast.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 161 The narcotic principle is contained chiefly in those vegetables which..have a direct tendency to induce sleep.

1824 Lancet 28 Mar. 425/2 He could only demonstrate the presence of the narcotic principle in the urine.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 104 Stupid with mead made from narcotic heather honey.

1913 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 Feb. 431/2 The narcotic drugs do afford pleasurable sensations to many of those not yet fully addicted to their use.

1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 117/1 The ecstatic religious visions of the Mexican eaters of the narcotic peyote or the narcotic mushroom.

1993 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 11 Aug. a42/1 Shipments of khat, a narcotic plant chewed by many Somalis.

b. In extended use, of a person, action, quality, etc.: tending to produce drowsiness through boredom; stupefying; excessively dull.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep > specific

byssing1440

narcotic1751

narcotico-acrid1815

narcotical1831

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 89. ⁋8 He that finds the frigid and narcotick infection beginning to seize him.

a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy iii, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 305 Pale, meagre, muse-rid wight! who reads in vain Narcotic volumes o'er.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 333 That it endeavoured to infuse a narcotick indifference..into the minds of the people..is but too evident.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iv. 288 He..habitually fell asleep at that horrible council board,..while the other murderers had found their work less narcotic.

1888 R. Lanciani Anc. Rome 113 To lose hours upon hours in listening to silly and narcotic lecturers.

1979 A. Baraka Sel. Poetry 306 Spit out the rulers' narcotic teaching Then spit out the rulers Themselves.

1990 I. M. Banks Use of Weapons (1991) i. 60 It hoped that this, plus the narcotic wealth of the consumables, would keep everybody off the subject of where exactly they were heading for.

2. Of the nature of narcosis. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 335 It's cured..if malignant, venenate, and narcotick, by alexipharmicks, and roborants.

1689 P. Bellon Court Secret i. 268 The resistance..which you endeavour'd to make, as much as the narcotick effects of your Opium would permit.

1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 509 This bark, like most powerful anthelmintics, has a narcotic effect.

1834 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 160/2 It is not the repetition of sound, but of the same sound, which produces the narcotic effect.

1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xii. 52 The want of animation and movement..exercises a slumberous, narcotic effect on the mind.

1945 F. R. Fosberg in F. Verdoorn et al. Plants & Plant Sci. Lat. Amer. 28/1 Two other plants..are used by the Amazonian Indians for their narcotic effect. Maikoa..and yagé or caapi..both produce hallucinations.

1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xii. 381 Excess nitrogen dissolved in the blood stream also has a narcotic effect, which confuses the diver.

1995 New York 15 May 29/2 These are tasks that appear unthinkable to your basic Door Store couch potato. But there's something about watching her tireless quest that gives the show a narcotic buzz.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narcotic
释义	narcoticn. Brit. /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/, U.S. /nɑrˈkɑdɪk/ Forms: Middle English merkotikes (plural, transmission error), Middle English narcotyk, Middle English narkotykes (plural), Middle English nercotik, Middle English nercotikes (plural), Middle English nercotises (plural, transmission error), Middle English nertokes (plural, transmission error), Middle English vercotykis (plural, transmission error), Middle English 1700s– narcotic, 1600s narcotica (plural), 1600s narcotique (plural), 1600s–1700s narcotick. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French narcotique; Latin narcoticum. Etymology: < Middle French, French narcotique (1314 in Old French) and its etymon post-classical Latin narcoticum (from 13th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek ναρκωτικόν (short for ναρκωτικὸν ϕάρμακον narcotic medicament), use as noun of neuter singular of ναρκωτικός narcotic adj. Compare Italian narcotico (1583), Spanish narcótico, Dutch narcoticum (1778 or earlier in plural form narcotica), German Narkotikum (early 18th cent. in plural form Narcotica).In sense 2, used for drugs (such as cocaine) which are not narcotic in effect, perhaps due to their inclusion in lists of all proscribed drugs in U.S. narcotics laws such as those described in quot. 1894 at sense 2. In plural form narcotica after the post-classical Latin plural form. 1. a. Medicine. A drug which when swallowed, inhaled, or injected into the system induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility, according to its strength and the amount taken; esp. an opiate. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > narcotic narcoticc1385 opiec1385 opiate?a1425 dormitary1547 mandragora1605 dormitive1619 nepenthe1728 opiatic1847 sleep-stuff1880 chemical1954 fentanyl1963 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1472 Maad of a certeyn wyn With nercotikes and opye. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 64 Narkotykes þat cause men to slepe. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2670 He shal slepe as longe as evere thee leste, The narcotyks & opies ben so stronge. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. ii. 10 A sleeping Disease is got by the too frequent use of Medicines called Narcoticks, that do produce sleep. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 60 Boetius holds it to be a good narcotick, and that it safely may be given to procure sleep. 1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 123 The Pain may be eas'd..by Anodins and Narcoticks. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 214/1 This is the Case of Tobacco, and of most other Narcotics, such as Poppies, Nightshade, etc. 1826 Lancet 22 July 515/2 When the pain is very severe..we can do nothing but administer narcotics; and it is in the advanced stages of the disease necessary almost to stupify the patient with them. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 263 The hop is a useful narcotic, and the smell of its flowers soporific. 1890 B. F. Austin Woman 123 And who [is] so likely to have steady nerves as those who are neither addicted to stimulants nor narcotics? 1939 ‘F. O'Brien’ At Swim-Two-Birds 27 As a narcotic, it chiefly affects the nervous system; blunts the sensibility of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. 1962 K. A. Porter Ship of Fools 232 Herr Glocken,..drowsy and dazed with his narcotic but unable to sleep, drew near them. 1991 Traveller Spring 38/3 The drink was a mild narcotic, the active ingredient of which is obtained from the ground roots of the pepper plant. b. In extended use: something that produces torpor or boredom. ΚΠ 1796 G. Colman Iron Chest ii. ii. 43 A book to me's a sovereign Narcotick. 1847 R. B. Peake Title Deeds ii. iii. 35 La! aunt! his conversation is a narcotic. 1910 D. H. Lawrence in Eng. Rev. Apr. 5 The dark narcotic of weariness. 1990 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 77 729/2 The..narcotic of anecdote. 2. Originally U.S. A drug affecting mood or behaviour which is sold for non-medical purposes, esp. one whose use is prohibited or under strict legal control but which tends nevertheless to be extensively used illegally. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) opiate?a1425 dope1886 hop1887 Peter1899 quill1916 junk1921 narcotic1926 stuff1929 mojo1935 sugar1935 gear1954 narco1954 sauce1975 opie1992 Scooby Snack1996 1894 Laws of Maryland ccxlvii. 326 A drunkard..shall be deemed to include any person who has acquired the habit of using spirituous, malt or fermented liquors, cocaine or other narcotics to such a degree as to deprive him or her of reasonable self-control. 1915 Federal Reporter 225 84 A narcotic was found in his possession. 1926 Rep. Drug Addiction in Calif. (Calif. State Narcotic Comm.) 13 When used in this report, the term ‘narcotics’ or ‘drugs’ includes all of the following: Cocaine, opium, morphine,..Indian hemp, peyote, or chloral hydrate. 1972 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 12/1 The Americans prefer the word ‘narcotics’, which although not entirely accurate—not all banned drugs cause narcosis—is better understood, so it will be used from here on. 1974 A. Goth Med. Pharmacol. (ed. 7) xxv. 304 Although marihuana is not medically a narcotic, it is classified legally as a narcotic in some states for purposes of control. 1987 B. Milgate & A. Milgate Cochin Connection (1988) vii. 81 A tug and two luxury yachts had left Cochin recently, carrying what was thought to be an enormous quantity of narcotics. 1996 R. H. Bork Slouching towards Gomorrah i. i. 23 A lot of the cures are anti-social: alcohol, narcotics, cruelty, pornography. Compounds General attributive. C1. With narcotic in singular form.Most of the compounds illustrated here have a counterpart with the narcotic in plural form (see Compounds 2), which in recent use tends to be more common. ΚΠ 1898 (title) Treasury decisions under the customs, internal revenue, industrial alcohol, narcotic and other laws. (U.S. Treasury Dept.) 1902 (title) The treatment and cure of narcotic addictions by immediate withdrawal and ‘de-narcotization’. (Subers-Russell Medicinal Co.) 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Public Health 10 1 (title) Administrative handling of the narcotic addict: its benefits and dangers. 1926 Proc. 1st World Conf. Narcotic Educ. 227 The narcotic squad [in Philadelphia] was under the command of Captain Van Horn. 1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 457/1 Federal narcotic agents suspect that some of the pitchman's associates may be distributing ‘coke’. 1929 Narcotic Educ. Apr. 73/1 The most gigantic narcotic ring in the history of the illegal drug trade. 1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor v. 73 In cities the market for brothels, gambling joints, & narcotic dens is better. 1951 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 June 2/2 The State Legislature at Albany ordered an inquiry, which met last week. And this week the American Legion has followed it up with a ‘narcotic clinic’ of its own. 1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/1 They were the bookies, and money lenders..and the narcotic pedlars. 1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 11 Last night my married lover..told me he was gay/a sex addict/a narcotic addict..and beat me up with a dildo. C2. With narcotic in plural form. ΚΠ 1924 D. Hammett Nightmare Town in Argosy All-Story Weekly 27 Dec. 521/1 You'll find a flock of men in the State pen who came here—most of them as narcotics agents or prohibition agents. 1932 H. T. Muzumdar Gandhi versus Empire xv. 169 (heading) Women combat narcotics traffic. 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 28 476 Rewards for information on violation of the narcotics laws. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 202 Narcotics addicts and marihuana smokers are infiltrating the cafés. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie iii. 39 They found out the narcotics squad had a warrant for him sworn out by the State Inspector. 1962 ‘E. McBain’ Like Love (1964) ix. 119 A narcotics cop will insist on examining a prostitute's thighs for hit marks. 1965 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 30 799/1 There is a telling review of federal statements concerning the narcotics clinic. 1972 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 3/1 A national Narcotics Bureau is to be set up in London next month to coordinate the activities of police drug squads in this country. 1981 Contemp. Sociol. 10 525 Narcotics police aggravate this problem by hiding the little information they do have. 1987 R. Rosenbaum Trav. with Dr. Death (1991) 143 He'd become a precinct detective after serving on the aggressive ‘buy-and-bust’ narcotics squad. 1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 66/1 They should be working together against the common threats of terrorism, narcotics traffickers and money laundering. 1997 Independent 23 Apr. 1/3 A thriving business rivalling the narcotics trade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). narcoticadj. Brit. /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/, U.S. /nɑrˈkɑdɪk/ Forms: 1500s narcotycke, 1600s–1700s narcotick, 1600s–1700s narcoticke, 1600s–1700s narcotique, 1600s– narcotic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French narcotique; Latin narcoticus. Etymology: < Middle French, French narcotique, adjective (c1390) and its etymon post-classical Latin narcoticus that induces numbess or stupor (9th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek ναρκωτικός < ancient Greek ναρκοῦν to benumb, deaden (see narcosis n.) + -ωτικός -otic suffix. Compare Italian narcotico (a1313), Spanish narcótico (1581), German narkotisch (16th cent.). Compare earlier narcotic n. 1. a. Of a substance or its properties: producing sleep or stupefaction; having the effect of a narcotic; of the nature of a narcotic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep sleepingc1369 sleepy1398 lullingc1440 somnolentc1475 sleepery1513 sleeprife1513 narcotic1526 opiate1543 breed-sleep1582 somnoriferous1583 drowsy1590 dormitive1593 soporiferous1601 somniferous1602 sleep-bringing1605 dormitary1609 hypnotic1625 dormitory1631 papaverous1646 dormant1654 hypnotical1657 somnifyinga1661 sleepifying1662 slumberous1667 soporific1690 somnific1721 somniculous1820 somnorific1865 soporous1866 drowsing1881 narcoleptic1984 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [adjective] > narcotic narcotic1526 druggy1919 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > dulling narcotic1526 narcotical1587 dulling1592 obtunding1645 narcotizing1846 obtundent1891 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic stupefactive?a1425 sedativec1425 narcotic1526 opiate1543 narcotical1587 soporiferous1601 hypnotic1625 soporative1629 pacative1664 opiative1674 opiatic1678 thebaic1746 soporific1775 narcotico-acrid1815 depressant1887 opiumy1891 1526 Grete Herball sig. Ddii^v/2 Narcotycke is whan a medycyne is so colde of nature y^t through her grete coldenesse it maketh one to swelle and taketh or enslepeth dyuers membres of a mannys body & also the taste and sauour or a grete parte therof. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 103 This later Daffodil..stuffeth the head, for which narcoticke qualitie..it took the name in Greek Narcissus. 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 116 Three parts of four of them are an insipid Narcotick flegme. a1668 W. Davenant Masque in Wks. (1673) 364 Injunctions are gone out..for the purging of the heavenly Beverage of a narcotique weed. 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 47 The stupifying narcotic Qualities of the Yeast. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 161 The narcotic principle is contained chiefly in those vegetables which..have a direct tendency to induce sleep. 1824 Lancet 28 Mar. 425/2 He could only demonstrate the presence of the narcotic principle in the urine. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 104 Stupid with mead made from narcotic heather honey. 1913 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 Feb. 431/2 The narcotic drugs do afford pleasurable sensations to many of those not yet fully addicted to their use. 1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 117/1 The ecstatic religious visions of the Mexican eaters of the narcotic peyote or the narcotic mushroom. 1993 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 11 Aug. a42/1 Shipments of khat, a narcotic plant chewed by many Somalis. b. In extended use, of a person, action, quality, etc.: tending to produce drowsiness through boredom; stupefying; excessively dull. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep > specific byssing1440 narcotic1751 narcotico-acrid1815 narcotical1831 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 89. ⁋8 He that finds the frigid and narcotick infection beginning to seize him. a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy iii, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 305 Pale, meagre, muse-rid wight! who reads in vain Narcotic volumes o'er. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 333 That it endeavoured to infuse a narcotick indifference..into the minds of the people..is but too evident. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iv. 288 He..habitually fell asleep at that horrible council board,..while the other murderers had found their work less narcotic. 1888 R. Lanciani Anc. Rome 113 To lose hours upon hours in listening to silly and narcotic lecturers. 1979 A. Baraka Sel. Poetry 306 Spit out the rulers' narcotic teaching Then spit out the rulers Themselves. 1990 I. M. Banks Use of Weapons (1991) i. 60 It hoped that this, plus the narcotic wealth of the consumables, would keep everybody off the subject of where exactly they were heading for. 2. Of the nature of narcosis. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 335 It's cured..if malignant, venenate, and narcotick, by alexipharmicks, and roborants. 1689 P. Bellon Court Secret i. 268 The resistance..which you endeavour'd to make, as much as the narcotick effects of your Opium would permit. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 509 This bark, like most powerful anthelmintics, has a narcotic effect. 1834 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 160/2 It is not the repetition of sound, but of the same sound, which produces the narcotic effect. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xii. 52 The want of animation and movement..exercises a slumberous, narcotic effect on the mind. 1945 F. R. Fosberg in F. Verdoorn et al. Plants & Plant Sci. Lat. Amer. 28/1 Two other plants..are used by the Amazonian Indians for their narcotic effect. Maikoa..and yagé or caapi..both produce hallucinations. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xii. 381 Excess nitrogen dissolved in the blood stream also has a narcotic effect, which confuses the diver. 1995 New York 15 May 29/2 These are tasks that appear unthinkable to your basic Door Store couch potato. But there's something about watching her tireless quest that gives the show a narcotic buzz. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1385adj.1526
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