paralysant
English
editEtymology
editFrom French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editparalysant (comparative more paralysant, superlative most paralysant)
- Causing paralysis.
Noun
editparalysant (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
editParticiple
editparalysant
Adjective
editparalysant (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.