Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paretic

/pəˈɹɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: paret-ic
IPA: /pəˈɹɛtɪk/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to paresis.

noun

A person who has paresis.

Example Sentences

"In the darkness she could see the group of paretic patients sitting between their nurses in the front row."

Etymology

From paresis.

Inflected Forms

more paretic (comparative) most paretic (superlative) paretics (plural)

Derived Forms

gastroparetic nonparetic paraparetic tetraparetic

Questions

How do you pronounce paretic?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹɛtɪk/.
What does paretic mean?: Pertaining to paresis.
Where does paretic come from?: From paresis.

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