paralysant

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/ˈpæɹəlaɪzənt/

adjective

Causing paralysis.

OriginFrench paralysant →
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Meanings

adjectiveparalysant (comparative more paralysant, superlative most paralysant)

comparative more paralysant · superlative most paralysant

  1. Causing paralysis.
nounparalysant (plural paralysants)

plural paralysants

  1. Any substance that induces paralysis.

    Other mythographers say that […] where the saliva of Cerberus fell on the ground, up sprang the witch-flower aconite – which is a poison, a paralysant and a febrifuge

    1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 48

Origin

  1. Frenchparalysant
  2. Englishparalysant

From French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”).

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APA

paralysant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paralysant

MLA

“paralysant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paralysant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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