subepileptic

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ epileptic.

Adjective

subepileptic (not comparable)

  1. Approaching the condition of epilepsy.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
      And then there was young Tom's wife Mag née Sharpe aged forty-one years, greatly handicapped in her house and outdoor activity by subepileptic seizures of monthly incidence, during which she rolled foaming on the floor, or on the yard, or on the vegetable patch, or on the river's brim, and seldom failed to damage herself in one way or another, […]
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