Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paralyzer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: par-a-lyz-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who or that which paralyzes

Example Sentences

"Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again."

Etymology

From paralyze + -er.

Inflected Forms

paralyzers (plural)

Synonyms

paralytic

Questions

What does paralyzer mean?: One who or that which paralyzes
Where does paralyzer come from?: From paralyze + -er.

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