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Parabolically (părȧbŏlĭk�ll�), adv. 1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.
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2. In the form of a parabola.
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Paraboliform (părȧbŏlĭfôrm), a. [Parabola + -form.] Resembling a parabola in form.
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Parabolism (pȧrăb�lĭz'm), n. [From .] (Alg.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term. [Obs.]
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Parabolist (-lĭst), n. A narrator of parables.
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Paraboloid (-loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloïde.] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.
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☞ The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. Hutton.
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Paraboloidal (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.
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Parabronchium (?), n.; pl. Parabronchia (#). [NL. See , .] (Anat.) One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.
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Paracelsian (?), prop. a. Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician and alchemist of the 15th century. Ferrand.
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Paracelsian, prop. n. A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings. Hakewill.
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Paracelsist (?), prop. n. A Paracelsian.
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Paracelsus (părȧsĕlsŭs), prop. n. Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (originally Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, also called Theophrastus Paracelsus and Theophrastus von Hohenheim). Born at Maria-Einsiedeln, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Dec. 17 (or 10 Nov.), 1493: died at Salzburg, Sept. 23 (or 24), 1541. A celebrated German-Swiss physician, reformer of therapeutics, iatrochemist, and alchemist. He attended school in a small lead-mining district where his father, William Bombast von Hohenheim, was a physician and teacher of alchemy. The family originally came from Würtemberg, where the noble family of Bombastus was in possession of the ancestral castle of Hohenheim near Stuttgart until 1409. He entered the University of Basel at the age of sixteen, where he adopted the name Paracelsus, after Celsius, a noted Roman physician. But he left without a degree, first going to Wurtzburg to study under Joannes Trithemius, Abbot of Sponheim (1462-1516), a famous astrologer and alchemist, who initiated him into the mysteries of alchemy. He then spent many years in travel and intercourse with distinguished scholars, studied and practiced medicine and surgery, and at one point attended the Diet of Worms. He was appointed to the office of city physician of Basel, which also made him a lecturer on medicine at Basel about 1526, where, through the publisher Johan Frobenius he made friends with the scholar Erasmus; and there he fulminated against the medical pseudo-science of his day, and against the blind adherence to ancient medical authorities such as Hippocrates, Galen, and Avicenna, which was still the prevalent philosophy of medicine in the sixteenth century. But soon, in 1528, he was driven from the city by the medical corporations, whose methods he had severely criticized. He found refuge with friends, and traveled and practiced medicine, but could not find a publisher willing to print his books. He preached frequently the need for experimentation in medicine. He is important in the history of medicine chiefly on account of the impetus which he gave to the development of pharmaceutical chemistry. He was also the author of a visionary and theosophic system of philosophy. The first collective edition of his works appeared at Basel in 1589-91. Among the many legends concerning him is that concerning his long sword, which he obtained while serving as barber-surgeon during the Neapolitan wars. It was rumored that in the hilt of the sword he kept a familiar or small demon; some thought he carried the elixer of life in the sword. He is buried in the cemetary of the Hospital of St. Sebastian in Salzburg. For more detailed information about Paracelsus, there is a special project, the Zurich Paracelsus Project available on the Web. Century Dict., 1906; Bernard Jaffe (Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry, Revised Edition, 1948).
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The apothecaries, too, were enraged against this iconoclast [Paracelsus]. For had he not, as official town physician, demanded the right to inspect their stocks and rule over their prescriptions which he denounced as foul broths? These apothecaries had grown fat on the barbarous prescriptions of the local doctors. The physician's duty is to heal the sick, not to enrich the apothecaries, he had warned them, and refused to send his patients to them to have the prescriptions compounded. He made his own medicines instead, and gave them free to his patients.
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Then they hatched a plot and before long Basel had lost Paracelsus, ostensibly because of the meanness of a wealthy citizen. Paracelsus had sued Canon Lichtenfels for failure to pay him one hundred guldens promised for a cure. The patient had offered only six guldens, and the fiery Paracelsus, when the court deliberately handed in a verdict against him, rebuked it in such terms that his life was in imminent danger. In the dead of night, he was persuaded by his friends to leave secretly the city where he had hurled defiance at the pseudo-medicos of the world. Bernard Jaffe (Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry, Revised Edition, 1948)
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Although the theories of Paracelsus as contrasted with the Galeno-Arabic system indicate no advance, inasmuch as they ignore entirely the study of anatomy, still his reputation as a reformer of therapeutics is justified in that he broke new paths in the science. He may be taken as the founder of modern materia medica, and pioneer of scientific chemistry, since before his time medical science received no assistance from alchemy. To Paracelsus is due the use of mercury for syphilis as well as a number of other metallic remedies, probably a result of his studies in Schwaz, and partly his acquaintance with the quicksilver works in Idria. Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911
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Paracentesis (părȧsĕntēsĭs), n. [L., fr. Gr. parakenthsis, fr. parakentei^n to pierce at the side, to tap.] (Med.) The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.
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{ paracentric (părȧsĕntrĭk), paracentrical (părȧsĕntrĭk�l), } a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center.
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Coloq. Paracentric curve (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a paracentric. -- Coloq. Paracentric motion or Coloq. Paracentric velocity , the motion or velocity of a revolving body, such as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction.
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Parachordal (părȧkôrd�l), a. [Pref. para- + chordal.] (Anat.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n. A parachordal cartilage.
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Parachronism (pȧrăkr�nĭz'm), n. [Pref. para- + Gr. � time: cf. F. parachronisme.] An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence. [R.]
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Parachrose (părȧkrōs), a. [Gr. parachrwsis false coloring; para beside, beyond + chrws color.] (Min.) Changing color by exposure Mohs.
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Parachute (părȧsh�t or părȧshṳt), n. [F., fr. parer to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See , and , .]
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1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to a person or object falling through the air, it opens from a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and landing may be made through the air from an airplane, balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport, the descent from an airplane by parachute is called . Some older versions of parachute were more rigid, and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella.

2. (Zoöl.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.
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parachute (?), v. i. TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground.
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Coloq. golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits, including severance pay, provided by contract to a high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits. -- Coloq. drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute. Also called drogue.
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parachuter, parachutist (?), n. One who descends from a high altitude to the ground by means of a parachute, especially one who does so for sport or in a military operation.
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parachuting (?), n. The act or process of descending from a high altitude to the ground by means of a parachute.
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Paraclete (?), n. [L. paracletus, Gr. paraklhtos, from parakalei^n to call to one, to exhort, encourage; para beside + kalei^n to call.] An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.
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From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ. Bp. Pearson.
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Paraclose (?), n. (Arch.) See .
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Paracmastic (?), a. [Gr. �. See , and .] (Med.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper. Dunglison.
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Paraconic (?), a. [Pref. para- + aconitic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids.
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Paraconine (?), n. [Pref. para- + conine.] (Chem.) A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.
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Paracorolla (?), n. [Pref. para- + corolla.] (Bot.) A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
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Pará cress. An annual asteraceous herb (Spilances oleracea) grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally.
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Paracrostic (?), n. [Pref. para- + acrostic.] A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. Brande & C.
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Paracyanogen (?), n. [Pref. para- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.
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Paracymene, n. [Pref. para- + cymene.] (Chem.) Same as .
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Paradactylum, n.; pl. Paradactyla (#). [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) The side of a toe or finger.
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Parade (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See , v. t.] 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. Also called parade ground.
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2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.
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3. Hence: Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade.
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In state returned the grand parade. Swift.
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4. Hence: A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition.
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Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. Swift.
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5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.]
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When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. Locke.
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6. A public walk; a promenade.
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Coloq. Dress parade , Coloq. Undress parade . See under , and . -- Coloq. Parade rest , a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. Wilhelm.
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Syn. -- Ostentation; display; show. -- , . Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. “It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power.” Robertson. “We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories.” Spectator.
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Parade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Parading.] [Cf. F. parader.] 1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
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Parading all her sensibility. Byron.
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2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
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Parade, v. i. 1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
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2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review or in a public celebratory parade{3}.
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parader n. One who walks with regular or stately step.
Syn. -- marcher.
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paradiddle n. The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.
Syn. -- roll, drum roll.
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Paradigm (?), n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to show by the side of, to set up as an example; para beside + � to show. See , and .]
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1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] “The paradigms and patterns of all things.” Cudworth.
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2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.
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3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
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4. (Science) A theory providing a unifying explanation for a set of phenomena in some field, which serves to suggest methods to test the theory and develop a fuller understanding of the topic, and which is considered useful until it is be replaced by a newer theory providing more accurate explanations or explanations for a wider range of phenomena.
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{ Paradigmatic (?), Paradigmatical (?), } a. [Gr. paradeigmatikos.] Exemplary. -- Paradigmatically, adv. [Obs.]
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Paradigmatic, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.
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Paradigmatize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paradigmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paradigmatizing (?).] [Gr. paradeigmatizein. See .] To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] Hammond.
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{ Paradisaic (?), Paradisaical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal; as, paradisaical innocence; an age of paradisaical happiness. “Paradisaical pleasures.” Gray.
Syn. -- paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaic, paradisal, elysian, paradisial.
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2. Causing happinesss.
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Paradisal (părȧdīs�l), a. Paradisiacal.
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Paradise (părȧdīs), n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. paradeisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaēza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. .]
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1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.
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2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
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To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke xxiii. 43.
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It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. Longfellow.
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3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.
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The earth
Shall be all paradise. Milton.
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Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. Beaconsfield.
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4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
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5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.
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Coloq. Fool's paradise . See under , and . -- Coloq. Grains of paradise . (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under . -- Coloq. Paradise bird . (Zoöl.) Same as . Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachinæ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Paradise fish (Zoöl.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. -- Coloq. Paradise flycatcher (Zoöl.), any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. -- Coloq. Paradise grackle (Zoöl.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. -- Coloq. Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See . [Local, U. S.] -- Coloq. Paradise whidah bird . (Zoöl.) See .
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Paradise (părȧdīs), v. t. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] Marston.
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Paradisean (părȧdĭs��n), a. Paradisiacal.
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Paradised (părȧdīst), a. Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise.
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{ Paradisiac (?), Paradisiacal (?), } a. [L. paradisiacus.] Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise; paradisaic. C. Kingsley. T. Burnet. “A paradisiacal scene.” Pope.
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The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. G. Eliot.
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{ Paradisial (părȧdīsĭ�l), Paradisian (părȧdīsĭ�n), } a. Paradisiacal. [R.]
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Paradisic (părȧdīsĭk), a. Paradisiacal. [R.] Broome.
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Paradisical (?), a. Paradisiacal. [R.]
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parados (părȧdŏs), n.; pl. Paradoses (părȧdŏsĕz). [F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum.] (Fort.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. Farrow.
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paradox (părȧdŏks), n.; pl. paradoxes (părȧdŏksĕz). [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. paradoxon; para beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n to think, suppose, imagine. See , and .] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.
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A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker.
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This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. Shak.
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Coloq. Hydrostatic paradox . See under .
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paradoxal (părȧdŏks�l), a. Paradoxical. [Obs.]
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Paradoxer (părȧdŏksẽr), n., Paradoxist (părȧdŏksĭst), n. One who proposes a paradox.
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Paradoxical (părȧdŏksĭk�l), a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox.
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2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. Southey.
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-- Paradoxically, adv. -- Paradoxicalness, n.
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Paradoxides (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.
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paradoxism (părȧdŏksĭz'm), n. [paradox + -ism. ca. 1980] An avant-garde movement in literature, art, and philosophy, based on excessive used of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. Charles Le (http://www.geocities.com/charlestle/paradoxism.html)
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Paradoxism originated in Romania in the 1980s as a way of protesting against a closed society and a totalitarian regime. It is based on an excessive use of antimonies, antitheses, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache in the 1980's, who said: “The goal is the enlargement of the artistic sphere through non-artistic elements”.
One example of such a paradox is the two-line poem:
Even if he didn't
He did

A free eBook on Paradoxism and Postmodernism can be downloaded from http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/IonSoare2.PDF.
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Paradoxology (?), n. [Paradox + -logy.] The use of paradoxes. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Paradoxure (părȧdŏks�r), n. [Gr. paradoxos incredible, paradoxical + o'yra tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.] (Zoöl.) Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See .
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Paradoxy (?), n. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
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2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Coleridge
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{ Paraffin (părăffĭn), Paraffine (părăffĭn or părăffēn) }, n. [F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.
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☞ In the present chemical usage this word is spelled paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelled paraffine.
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Coloq. Native paraffin . See . -- Coloq. Paraffin series . See Methane series, under .
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paraformaldehyde (?), n. [Pref. para- + formaldehyde.] (Chem.) A polymer of formaldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance by concentration of a formaldehyde solution. Formula (CH20)n. It dissolves in hot water with the release of formaldehyde, and is used as a disinfectant.
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Parage, n. [F., fr. L. par, adj., equal. Cf. , an equal.] 1. (Old Eng. Law) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance. Spelman.
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2. (Feudal Law) Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee. Burrill.
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