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View synonyms for paralytic

paralytic

[ par-uh-lit-ik ]

noun

  1. a person affected with paralysis.


adjective

  1. affected with or subject to paralysis.
  2. pertaining to or of the nature of paralysis.

paralytic

/ ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of paralysis
  2. afflicted with or subject to paralysis
  3. informal.
    very drunk


noun

  1. a person afflicted with paralysis

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Derived Forms

  • ˌparaˈlytically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • para·lyti·cal·ly adverb
  • nonpar·a·lytic adjective noun
  • postpar·a·lytic adjective
  • semi·para·lytic noun adjective
  • subpar·a·lytic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of paralytic1

1300–50; Middle English paralitik < Latin paralyticus < Greek paralytikós, equivalent to paraly- ( paralysis ) + -tikos -tic

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Example Sentences

I know a woman who has, several times, been driven to the brink of paralytic rage by the way her books have been received.

Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), from that year, is a fine example of this stylistic shift.

The healing of the paralytic has been regarded as a type of the restoration of the soul paralyzed by sin.

In man there is a premonitory stage; a furious stage, which lasts from about a day to three days; then a final paralytic stage.

The walking may simulate paralytic forms if hysteria is mixed with the neurasthenia.

If that same paralytic were lying in his bed at home and you set the house afire he would jump up and run.

A paralytic stroke seized him within a few hours of young Thomas's arrival, and he never fully recovered his faculties.

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