Home › Words › E › epilepticepileptic/ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/epileptic means of or relating to epilepsy.epileptic is pronounced /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/.EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).adjOf or relating to epilepsy.e.g.“The children die off in vast numbers: those pale roses are all nerves. Hence, will presently burst forth the epileptic dances of the fourteenth century.” — 1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages:Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).nounA person who has epilepsy.e.g.“The present Immigration Act on the books bars entry to Canada to homosexuals, prostitutes, epileptics, and those said to be "living off the avails of homosexualism or prostitution."” — 1976 December 25, “Canada's Gay Ban”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.epileptogenic 80% match — Of, pertaining to or giving rise to epilepsy. vs epileptic →epileptically 79% match — In an epileptic manner; with, or as if with, epilepsy. vs epileptic →epileptiform 76% match — Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures. vs epileptic →epileptological 76% match — Relating to epileptology. vs epileptic →eclamptic 74% match — Of or pertaining to eclampsia. vs epileptic →epileptoid 74% match — Resembling epilepsy. vs epileptic →seizural 72% match — Of or relating to seizures. vs epileptic →epilemmal 71% match — Relating to the epilemma. vs epileptic →