Definitions for paralytic

paralytic par·a·lyt·ic

Spelling: [par-uh-lit-ik]
IPA: /ˌpær əˈlɪt ɪk/

Paralytic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 390 anagrams from letters in paralytic (aacilprty).

Definitions for paralytic

noun

  1. a person affected with paralysis.

adjective

  1. affected with or subject to paralysis.
  2. pertaining to or of the nature of paralysis.

Origin of paralytic

1300-50; Middle English paralitik Latin paralyticus Greek paralytikós, equivalent to paraly- (see paralysis) + -tikos -tic

Examples for paralytic

They must wait upon the paralytic father with proper punctilio.

I trembled like a paralytic, and was afraid that my anger might get me into difficulty.

The shock, we are told, brought on a paralytic seizure of which he died.

I know a woman who has, several times, been driven to the brink of paralytic rage by the way her books have been received.

He had also learned something of the paralytic seizure which the disaster had occasioned.

Here again the most frequent is the cure of paralytic symptoms and of obsessions.

paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), from that year, is a fine example of this stylistic shift.

They heard the words spoken to the paralytic, and were angered thereat.

At the house of an old lady of seventy, a paralytic, the rebuff was of a different kind.

The eyes of the paralytic had faintly lit up at his approach.

Word Value for paralytic
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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