cataleptic

American  

[ka-tuh-lep-tik] / ˈkæ təˈlɛp tɪk /

adjective

1. relating to, characteristic of, or affected by catalepsy.

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noun

plural

cataleptics

1. a person experiencing or suffering from catalepsy.

Example Sentences

They didn’t have official Black Friday sales during the cataleptic 1970s, because the economy was in woeful shape and the public had basically given up on the idea of bargains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Rahman Bey, fakir, recently submerged himself for an hour, asserted that he owed his life to his ability to fall into a cataleptic trance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man who defined the ideals of pictorial sentiment for an exceedingly pious age; whose angels and Blessed Damozels, Arthurian knights and shrinking, somewhat cataleptic virgins were the very essence of escapist painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Best shot: Kiki going into a cataleptic trance to keep the manager from throwing her out of his apartment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through the rest of the night and most of the following day, Beck lay out on the ice, exposed to the merciless wind, cataleptic and barely alive.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer