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English
Etymology
From epileptic + -oid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
epileptoid (comparative more epileptoid, superlative most epileptoid)
- (medicine) Resembling epilepsy.
1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 983:A spasm of violent nausea seized him and he turned up his eyes into his head in a frightening grimace which seemed almost epileptoid.
Noun
epileptoid (plural epileptoids)
- (archaic) A person with epilepsy.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French épileptoïde.
Adjective
epileptoid m or n (feminine singular epileptoidă, masculine plural epileptoizi, feminine and neuter plural epileptoide)
- epileptoid
Declension