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▪ I. narcotic, n. Med.|nɑːˈkɒtɪk|
Also 4 ner-, 4–5 -ike, (-yke), 7–8 -ick.
[ad. F. narcotique (14th c.), or med.L. narcōtic-um, Gr. ναρκωτικ-όν, neut. of ναρκωτικός: see next.]
1. a. A substance which when swallowed, inhaled, or injected into the system induces drowsiness, sleep, stupefaction, or insensibility, according to its strength and the amount taken.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2670 Hypermnestra, He shal slepe as longe as euere the leste, The narcotykis & opijs ben so stronge. c1386― Knt.'s T. 614 With nercotikes and opie of Thebes fyn. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. x, Narcotikes that cause men to slepe. 1655Culpepper, etc. Riverius i. ii. 10 A sleeping Disease is got by the too frequent use of Medicines called Narcoticks, that do produce sleep. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 60 Boetius holds it to be a good narcotick, and that it safely may be given to procure sleep. 1702J. Purcell Cholick (1714) 123 The Pain may be eas'd..by Anodins and Narcoticks. 1834Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 149/2 The nerves most particularly affected by narcotics are the respiratory. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 405 The hop is a useful narcotic, and the smell of its flowers soporific. 1878M. L. Holbrook Hygiene Brain 62 Take no narcotics to make you sleep.
b. In extended use: any drug which affects the mind in some way and is prohibited or under strict legal control in many countries owing to the social problems associated with its misuse, but which tends nevertheless to be extensively sold and used illegally. orig. U.S.
1926Rep. 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, codeine, heroin, alpha eucaine, beta eucaine, flowering tops and leaves, extracts, tinctures, and other narcotic preparations of hemp or loco weed, Indian hemp, peyote, or chloral hydrate or any of the salts, derivatives or compounds of the foregoing substances. 1955U.S. Senate. Hearings (1956) VIII. 4160 There are three groups into which the narcotics set forth in division 10 of the Health and Safety Code are divided: 1. Opiate group. 2. Cocaine, marihuana, and lophophora. 3. Synthetic group. 1972Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 11 Aug. 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. 1974A. Goth Med. Pharmacol. (ed. 7) xxv. 300 In some state statutes the legal category ‘narcotics’ embraces the opiates, opiate-like drugs, marihuana, and cocaine. Medically defined, however, the term narcotic refers only to drugs having both a sedative and an analgesic action and is essentially restricted to the opiates and opiate-like drugs. Ibid. xxv. 304 Although marihuana is not medically a narcotic, it is classified legally as a narcotic in some states for purposes of control. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia V. 1049/2 Prejudice and ignorance have led to the labelling of all use of nonsanctioned drugs as addiction and of all drugs, when misused, as narcotics.
2. attrib. (freq. in pl.).
1926Proc. 1st World Conf. Narcotic Educ. 111 How the police catch the crook or the narcotic dealer;..it is only when someone tells the police who the narcotic addict or peddler is that the police get them. Ibid. 227 The narcotic squad [in Philadelphia] was under the command of Captain Van Horn. 1929Narcotic Educ. Jan. 46/1 To get sufficient evidence against John Smith it is necessary that a Government agent purchase narcotics from John Smith, but John Smith will only sell..for..$2,500 in advance... Where can a narcotic agent be found who has $2,500 to use? Ibid. Apr. 73/1 Out of the gray, neutral shadows cast by the murder of Arnold Rothstein, federal authorities forged a sturdy weapon expected to crush the most gigantic narcotic ring in the history of the illegal drug trade. 1951Manch. 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. 1953Conf. Drug Addiction among Adolescents (N.Y. Acad. Med., Comm. Public Health Relations) II. 159 He..devised a plan..for the preventive and follow-up care of young narcotics addicts. 1953W. Burroughs Junkie (1972) iii. 37 They found out the narcotics squad had a warrant for him sworn out by the State Inspector. 1963Listener 4 Apr. 585/1 They were the bookies, and money lenders..and the narcotic pedlars. 1972Daily 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. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 19 June 4/5 The defendant argued that the offence itself, sale of dangerous drugs..made it ‘appear’ that he was a narcotics addict.
▪ II. narcotic, a.|nɑːˈkɒtɪk|
Also 7–8 -ick(e, 8 -ique.
[ad. med.L. narcōtic-us or Gr. ναρκωτικ-ός, f. ναρκοῦν to benumb, stupefy: see narcosis and -otic. Hence also F. narcotique.]
1. Of substances or their qualities: Having the effect of inducing stupor, sleep, or insensibility.
1601Holland Pliny II. 103 This later Daffodil..stuffeth the head, for which narcoticke qualitie..it took the name in Greek Narcissus. Ibid., Explan. Words Art, Narcoticke medicines be those that benum and stupifie with their coldnesse. 1651French Distill. v. 116 Three parts of four of them are an insipid Narcotick flegme. a1668Davenant Masque Wks. (1673) 364 Injunctions are gone out..for the purging of the heavenly Beverage of a narcotique weed. 1742London & Country Brew. i. (ed. 4) 47 The stupifying narcotic Qualities of the Yeast. 1799Med. Jrnl. I. 161 The narcotic principle is contained chiefly in those vegetables which..have a direct tendency to induce sleep. 1804Ibid. XII. 38 Hyosciamus, cicuta, and other narcotic and acrimonious plants. 1865Kingsley Herew. iii, Stupid with mead made from narcotic heather honey.
b. transf. of persons, actions, qualities, etc.: Producing sleep or dullness.
1751Johnson Rambler No. 89 ⁋8 He that finds the frigid and narcotick infection beginning to seize him. a1763Shenstone Economy iii. 95 Pale, meagre, muse-rid wight! who reads in vain Narcotic volumes o'er. 1791Boswell Johnson (1816) II. 109 That it endeavoured to infuse a narcotick indifference..into the minds of the people..is but too evident. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. v. iv. (1866) 729 He..habitually fell asleep at that horrible council-board,..while the other murderers had found their work less narcotic. 1888Lanciani Anc. Rome 113 To lose hours upon hours in listening to silly and narcotic lecturers.
2. Of the nature of narcosis.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 335 It's cured..if malignant, venenate, and narcotick, by alexipharmicks, and roborants. 1834Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 160/2 It is not the repetition of sound, but of the same sound, which produces the narcotic effect. 1863M. Howitt tr. Bremer's Greece II. xii. 52 The want of animation and movement..exercises a slumberous, narcotic effect on the mind. |