Meanings
adjectiveparaphrenic (comparative more paraphrenic, superlative most paraphrenic)
comparative more paraphrenic · superlative most paraphrenic
- Having or pertaining to paraphrenia.
nounparaphrenic (plural paraphrenics)
plural paraphrenics
- A person who has paraphrenia.
His case well illustrates the schiztic character of a certain class of paraphrenics.
1920, The Psychoanalytic Review, volume 7, page 254
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French paraphrénique, paraphrène
- paraphréniquehaving or pertaining to paraphrenia
- paraphrènehaving or pertaining to paraphrenia
German paraphrene
- paraphrenehaving or pertaining to paraphrenia
Russian парафрени́ческий, парафре́нный
- парафрени́ческий (parafreníčeskij)having or pertaining to paraphrenia
- парафре́нный (parafrénnyj)having or pertaining to paraphrenia
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Chicago
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