paralytic, paralyzed
(adjective) affected with paralysis
paralytic, paralytical
(adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis; “paralytic symptoms”
paralytic
(noun) a person suffering from paralysis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
paralytic (plural paralytics)
Someone suffering from paralysis.
A drug that produces paralysis.
paralytic (comparative more paralytic, superlative most paralytic)
Affected by paralysis; paralysed.
Pertaining to paralysis.
(UK, Australia, Irish, slang) Very drunk.
• (paralysed): frozen, immobilized
• (pertaining to paralysis.)
• (drunk): See drunk
Source: Wiktionary
Par`a*lyt"ic, a. Etym: [L. paralyticus, Gr. paralytique.]
1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.
3. Inclined or tending to paralysis. Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva.
Par`a*lyt"ic, n.
Definition: A person affected with paralysis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 July 2024
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
