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narcoleptic
adj 3noun 1
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3VERB + NARCOLEPTIC
beached
NARCOLEPTIC + NOUN
reverie
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in
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noun
1
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").
adj
1
Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy.
Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911.
2
Lacking activity; drowsy, lethargic.
A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip was pleasant in a narcoleptic, summery kind of way.
The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting.
3
Tending to "put someone to sleep"; extremely boring or tedious.
The debate started at 11.30am, nudging out of port with a characteristically narcoleptic speech from Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con).
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Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911.
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A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip
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The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting.
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