paralytic
pronunciation
How to pronounce paralytic in British English:
UK [ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk]
How to pronounce paralytic in American English:
US [ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk]
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- Noun:
- a person suffering from paralysis
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- Adjective:
- relating to or of the nature of paralysis
- affected or subject to with paralysis
Word Origin
- paralytic
- c. 1300 (adj.), late 14c. (n.), from Old French paralitique "paralyzed, unmoving," from Latin paralyticus, from Greek paralytikos, from paralysis (see paralysis).
Example
- 1. If all four of the friends hadn 't helped , the paralytic would have fallen off the stretcher .
- 2. The bible said the paralytic 's sins were forgiven when jesus saw the faith of the four friends .
- 3. When the four friends looked at the paralytic 's condition , they could have responded in doubt : what could jesus do ?
- 4. Some men came , bringing to him a paralytic , carried by four of them .
- 5. In the course of a quarter of an hour every one had assembled in the chamber of the paralytic ;