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paralytic

noun
/ˌpæɹəˈlɪtɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French paralytique, from Latin paralyticus, from Ancient Greek παραλυτικός (paralutikós, “paralyzed”).

  1. derived from παραλυτικός
  2. derived from paralyticus
  3. borrowed from paralytique

Definitions

  1. Someone suffering from paralysis.

  2. A drug that produces paralysis.

    • For example, use of paralytics in morbidly obese patients or those with spinal instability can precipitate complete upper airway obstruction.

  3. Affected by paralysis

    Affected by paralysis; paralysed.

    • the cold, shaking, paralytic hand
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Pertaining to paralysis.

    2. Very drunk.

      • Are the para-olympics the events in which the olympians, having finished their events in the normal olympics, go out and get pissed and then compete again? ie: the para-olympics become the paralytic olympics.
      • I'm amazed I survived so much drunken driving. Once he was so paralytic he even made me drive, and I was about 14 and barely able to see above the steering wheel. At least it was an automatic.
      • He hasn't even been openly accused of anything bar drinking himself paralytic at a time that, in hindsight, was inconvenient.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paralytic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA