cataleptic
Americanadjective
noun
plural
catalepticsExample Sentences
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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
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
Playwright Roffey may not know much about thrillers, but he certainly can throw a cataleptic trance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He stood stock still in rigid, cataleptic astonishment while the girls ambled in and made themselves comfortable.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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