paretic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From paresis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

paretic (comparative more paretic, superlative most paretic)

  1. Pertaining to paresis.
    • 1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
      In the darkness she could see the group of paretic patients sitting between their nurses in the front row.

Noun[edit]

paretic (plural paretics)

  1. A person who has paresis.

Anagrams[edit]

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