Cataleptical

In a state in which conscienceness and feeling are lost in which the body assumes a death-like rigidity.

-from "The Fall of the House of Usher"

A settled apathy; a gradual wasting away of a person and frequent although transient affections of a partially cataleptical character worthy unusual diagnosis.

-from "The Fall of the House of Usher"

by theanubishomosapien September 08, 2010