Associations to the word «Anaesthetic»
Noun
Wiktionary
ANAESTHETIC, adjective. (British spelling) Of, relating to, or causing anaesthesia.
ANAESTHETIC, noun. (British spelling) A substance that causes reversible loss of sensation or loss of consciousness; used to perform surgery without pain.
Dictionary definition
ANAESTHETIC, noun. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations.
ANAESTHETIC, adjective. Relating to or producing insensibility.
ANAESTHETIC, adjective. Characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.