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paranœic

paranœic is the obsolete form of paranoid.

paranœic is the obsolete form of paranoiac.

Meaning of paranoid

Adjective

paranoid (comparative more paranoid, superlative most paranoid)

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
  2. (informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
    • But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?1984, Rockwell, “Somebody's Watching Me”

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Meaning of paranoiac

Noun

paranoiac (plural paranoiacs)

  1. Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.
    • "Prove to me that I'm wrong when I say you are all just like person X from your group!" This is the cry of the bigot, the paranoiac, the pigeonholer, the witchhunter. Why need we prove what is self-evident?1999 February 1, Shedona Chevalier, “Personal Power”, in Agapé, volume 2, number 1, page 2
    Synonyms:
    paranœic

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Forms of paranœic

Adjective
comparativemore paranœic
superlativemost paranœic
Noun
pluralparanœics

Questions about paranœic

What is paranœic the obsolete form of?
Paranœic is the obsolete form of paranoid.

Words near paranœic in the dictionary

  1. Paraná pines
  2. paranæsthesia
  3. paranœa
  4. paranœac
  5. paranœacs
  6. paranœic
  7. paranœics
  8. parao
  9. paraoccipital
  10. paraoccipital process
  11. paraoccipitals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paranœic (page history and authors); paranoid (page history and authors); paranoiac (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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