• Paralytic

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ËŒpærəˈlɪtɪk/Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

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    Origin

    From Ancient Greek παραλυτικός (paralytikos, "paralyzed").

    Full definition of paralytic

    Noun

    paralytic

    (plural paralytics)
    1. Someone suffering from paralysis.

    Adjective

    paralytic

    1. Affected by paralysis; paralysed.
      • Priorthe cold, shaking, paralytic hand
    2. Pertaining to paralysis.
    3. (UK, Australia, Irish) Very drunk.
      • 1996, August 18, Ben McCulloch, Para-olympics, 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.
      • 1999, January 3, David McLoughlin, Gundagai - Last Use Of Line?, I'm amazed I survived so much drunken driving. Once he was so paralytic he even made me drive, and I was about 14 and barely able to see above the steering wheel. At least it was an automatic.
      • 2001, May 24, Peter Ryan, ablett no from hall of fame, He hasn't even been openly accused of anything bar drinking himself paralytic at a time that, in hindsight, was inconvenient.
      • 2002, April 16, C e r b e r u s - T h e D o g O f H e l l, On the Isle of Man., On returning to his friends at the bar he remarked " there's a fellow in the jaxx and he's just paralytic. He must be heading for the boat and didn't quite make it."

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