• ParanÅ“a

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: pă'rÉ™nēʹə, IPA: /ËŒpæɹəˈniːə/

    Full definition of paranœa

    Noun

    paranœa

    (uncountable)
    1. rare Obsolete spelling of paranoia
      • 1865, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Henry C. Lea (publisher, 1866), page 710:PARANÅ’A, (παρανοια, from para, and νους, ‘understanding.’) Delirium, Dementia.
      • 1898, William Blair Stewart, A Synopsis of the Practice of Medicine, E.B. Treat and Co., page 409:ParanÅ“a may recover, but tends to fixed delusions and dementia.
      • 1904–5, Robert Barr, The Speculations of John Steele, Frederick A. Stokes Company (1905), page 269:“Does paranÅ“a ever lead to murder, Mr. Nicholson?”
      • 1907, Nevada Legislature, Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly…of the Legislature, volume 23, page 53, table XXII: “Form of mental diseases of those remaining December 31, 1906”:ParanÅ“a
      • 1912, Elbert Hubbard, Hollyhocks and Goldenglow, The Roycrofters, page 92:Self‐pity is the first symptom of paranÅ“a.

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