Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or of the nature of syncope.

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  • adjective syncopal

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Examples

  • I prefer the term syncopic episode because fainting sounds like something a Victorian lady does on a fancy couch, and I am far from Victorian, and I am far from being a lady.) "Could you look at me?" he asked.

    Anhedonia (excerpt) Laura Preble 2010

  • The thought of my underwear co-mingling with his clothing nearly caused me to have a syncopic episode (that's fainting.

    Anhedonia (excerpt) Laura Preble 2010

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