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   narcotic

   /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a drug or other substance that affects mood or behaviour and is consumed for non-medical purposes, especially one sold illegally: "cultivation of a plant used to make a popular local narcotic"
   • ▪ a drug that relieves pain and induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility: "pethidine, usually given as an injection, is a narcotic which causes drowsiness"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting narcotics or illegal drugs: "consumption of narcotic substances"
   • ▪ having the effect of relieving pain and inducing drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility: "the substance has a mild narcotic effect"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun ‘make numb’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. narcotically adverb
   • 2. narcotism noun

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