paralysant
English edit
Etymology edit
From French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
paralysant (comparative more paralysant, superlative most paralysant)
- Causing paralysis.
Noun edit
paralysant (plural paralysants)
- Any substance that induces paralysis.
- 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 48:
- 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:
French edit
Participle edit
paralysant
Adjective edit
paralysant (feminine paralysante, masculine plural paralysants, feminine plural paralysantes)
Further reading edit
- “paralysant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.