narˌcotico-ˈacrid, a. and n. Med.
[f. narcotico- as combining form of narcotic a. + acrid a. Cf. F. narcotico-âcre.]
A. adj. Possessing both narcotic and acrid or irritant properties.
| 1835 Cycl. Pract. Med. IV. 230/1 The symptoms which characterize the narcotico-acrid poisons generally. 1854 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) V. 180/2 They have narcotico-acrid properties and are usually more or less poisonous. 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 582 The plants of the order should be regarded with suspicion,..some act as narcotico-acrid poisons. |
B. n. An irritant narcotic poison.
| 1829 R. Christison Treat. Poisons (1832) 592 Some varieties of poisoning with the vegetable narcotico-acrids. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 88/2 Many natural compounds have an acrid principle combined with the narcotic, and hence are termed narcotico-acrids. |
So narˌcotico-ˈirritant a. (Ogilvie, 1882.)