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  • adjective In a state partially resembling catatonia.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ catatonic

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Examples

  • The President's announcement had come out of left field, leaving her suspended in a semicatatonic haze.

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • If the others see him in this semicatatonic state someone might just remember how he was in the science lab during the storm and start asking questions.

    Old Magic Marianne Curley 2000

  • If the others see him in this semicatatonic state someone might just remember how he was in the science lab during the storm and start asking questions.

    Old Magic Marianne Curley 2000

  • If the others see him in this semicatatonic state someone might just remember how he was in the science lab during the storm and start asking questions.

    Old Magic Marianne Curley 2000

  • If the others see him in this semicatatonic state someone might just remember how he was in the science lab during the storm and start asking questions.

    Old Magic Marianne Curley 2000

  • Brenda Strait's frantic entrance had deteriorated into a semicatatonic hand-wringing that was as full of pathos as anything I had recently observed.

    Critical Conditions White, Stephen, 1951- 1998

  • Brenda Strait's frantic entrance had deteriorated into a semicatatonic hand-wringing that was as full of pathos as anything I had recently observed.

    Critical Conditions White, Stephen, 1951- 1998

  • At first he thought she might have lapsed into another semicatatonic state, but he understood her speechless dismay when he glanced down at her outstretched hand.

    Fat Tuesday Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1997

  • "I also take it from your semicatatonic state that it was grisly."

    War for the Oaks Bull, Emma, 1954- 1987

  • "I also take it from your semicatatonic state that it was grisly."

    War for the Oaks Emma Bull 1987

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