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parafunction

parafunction noun: an abnormal (especially habitual) movement of part of the body.

Noun

parafunction (countable and uncountable, plural parafunctions)

  1. An abnormal (especially habitual) movement of part of the body.

Verb

parafunction (third-person singular simple present parafunctions, present participle parafunctioning, simple past and past participle parafunctioned)

  1. (intransitive) Of a body part: to move abnormally (especially habitually).

parafunction meaning in Tamil

parafunction in Tamil

இயல்பற்ற செயல், செயல் பிறழ்வு

Forms of parafunction

Noun
pluralparafunctions
Verb
third-person singular presentparafunctions
present participleparafunctioning
past participleparafunctioned
pastparafunctioned

Origin of parafunction

From para- + function.

Words formed from parafunction

Questions about parafunction

What does parafunction mean?
Parafunction means an abnormal (especially habitual) movement of part of the body.
What is parafunction in Tamil?
Parafunction in Tamil is இயல்பற்ற செயல், செயல் பிறழ்வு. See Parafunction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parafunction?
Parafunction can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of parafunction?
The plural of parafunction is parafunctions.

Words near parafunction in the dictionary

  1. parafransoletite
  2. parafront
  3. parafrontal
  4. parafronts
  5. parafuchsin
  6. parafunction
  7. parafunctional
  8. parafunctionality
  9. parafunctioned
  10. parafunctioning
  11. parafunctions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parafunction (page history and authors); parafunction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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