Both Uses of
paralysis
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- It's my nerves, you tickled me so with your witty observation; I assure you, sometimes I shake with laughter like an india-rubber ball for half an hour at a time....I'm often afraid of an attack of paralysis.†
Chpt 4.5 *
- She told me the father was a broken-down retired official, who has been sitting in a chair for the last three years with his legs paralysed.†
Chpt 6.4unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzed.
Definitions:
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(1)
(paralysis) loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)