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   paralytic

   /ˌparəˈlɪtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to paralysis: "the incidence of paralytic disease" Similar paralyseddisabledincapacitateddeadnumbbenumbedpowerlessimmobilizedhelplessuseless
   • 2. extremely drunk: informal British "a leaving party which left everyone paralytic" Similar drunkintoxicatedinebriateddrunkenbefuddledincapabletipsythe worse for drinkunder the influencemaudlinblind drunkdead drunkrolling drunkroaring drunk(as) drunk as a lord(as) drunk as a skunkinformal:tightmerrythe worse for wearwoozypie-eyedtwo/three sheets to the windunder the tableplasteredsmashedwreckedsloshedsousedwell oiledsozzledblottoblitzedcannedstewedpickledtanked (up)soakedbombedhammeredblastedoff one's faceout of/off one's headout of one's skullwastedwiredin one's cupsreelingcock-eyedzonkedgutteredfuddledstinkorattedleglesssteamingbevviedBrahms and Liszthalf cutout of ithaving had a skinfulbladderedtrolleyedwell awaysquiffytiddlyout of one's boxhaving had one over the eightcutsteamedmulleredslaughteredlashedvulgar slang:pissedas pissed as a newt/fartrat-arsedarseholedinformal:fouloadedtrashedcrockjuicedsaucedsquiffedswackedstrung outliquored upout of one's gourdin the bagzonedblitzedrippedturntfullshickeredshotgrogged upas full as a googinkedmuntedlekkereuphemistic:tired and emotionalinformal, dated:stonedlit upas tight as a tickhalf seas overpixilatedarchaic:sottedbesottedfoxedscrewedrare:crapulentcrapulousinebriatebibulousebriousebrioseebriateOpposite sober

   noun

   • 1. a person affected by paralysis: "I do not wish to live as a helpless paralytic"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French paralytique, via Latin from Greek paralutikos ‘relating to paralysis’ (see paralysis).

   Derivatives

   • 1. paralytically adverb

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