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paralytick

paralytick is the obsolete form of paralytic.

Meaning of paralytic

Adjective

paralytic (comparative more paralytic, superlative most paralytic)

  1. Affected by paralysis; paralysed.
    • the cold, shaking, paralytic hand1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
    Synonyms:
    frozen, immobilized
  2. Pertaining to paralysis.
  3. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang) 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.1996 August 18, Ben McCulloch, “Para-olympics”, in aus.jokes (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    drunk

See all 5 meanings of paralytic

Forms of paralytick

Adjective
comparativemore paralytick
superlativemost paralytick
Noun
pluralparalyticks

Questions about paralytick

What is paralytick the obsolete form of?
Paralytick is the obsolete form of paralytic.

Words near paralytick in the dictionary

  1. paralytic abasia
  2. paralytic dementia
  3. paralytic dementias
  4. paralytical
  5. paralytically
  6. paralytick
  7. paralyticks
  8. paralytics
  9. paralyzable
  10. paralyzant
  11. paralyzants

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