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comatose, a.|ˈkəʊmətəʊs, ˌkəʊməˈtəʊs|
[f. Gr. κῶµα, κώµατ- (see coma1) + -ose.]
1. Affected with coma; in a state of coma.
1755Gent. Mag. XXV. 586 One who by eating mushrooms to excess was rendered so comatose that he could not feel the actual cautery..applied to his head. 1865Livingstone Zambesi i. 28 His excellency..had taken nothing for the fever but a little camphor, and..became comatose.
2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of coma.
1761Pulteney in Phil. Trans. LII. 352 Syncopes..and comatose affections. 1854Marion Harland Alone xv, From delirium he was relapsing into a comatose state.
3. transf. Drowsy, lethargic.
1828Scott Diary 24 May in Lockhart Life, I met my old..friend Lord Stowell, looking very frail and even comatose. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Illusions Wks. (Bohn) II. 447 Wailing, stupid, comatose creatures.
Hence ˈcomatosely adv., in a comatose manner; comaˈtoseness, comaˈtosity, comatose condition.
1805Miniature No. 36 A learned disquisition on comatosity. 1859F. E. Paget Curate of C. 149 Some have pursued the same train of thought quietly, and comatosely. |