paranœic

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

paranœic (comparative more paranœic, superlative most paranœic)

  1. Obsolete form of paranoid.
    • 1920, Law Notes, volume XXIII, page 42:
      Any competent alienist could have discovered in five minutes that he was a paranœic and could have predicted that his disease would sooner or later lead to violence, but to what end ?

Noun[edit]

paranœic (plural paranœics)

  1. (rare) Obsolete form of paranoiac.
    • 1920, Law Notes, volume XXIII, page 42:
      The Dangerous Paranœic