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PAR'OQUET PAROT'ID, a. [Gr. near, and ear.] Pertaining to or denoting certain gl...
PARON'YMOUS, a. [Gr. name.] Resembling another word.
PARONYCH'IA, n. [Gr. by, and the nail.] In surgery, a whitlow or felon.
PARONOM'ASY, n. [from Gr. to transgress law or rule.] A rhetorical figure, by wh...
PARONOMA'SIA PARONOMAS'TIC PARONOMAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to paronomasy; consist...
PAROL PARO'LE, n. [L. parabola.] 1. Properly, a word; hence, in a legal sense, w...
PAR'OKET, n. A small species of parrot. [More properly perroquet, which see.]
PAR'ODY, n. [Gr. ode.] 1. A kind of writing in which the words of an author or h...
PAROD'IC PAROD'ICAL, a. [See Parody .] Copying after the manner of parody.
PARO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to a parish. PARO'CHIAN , n. [supra.] A parishioner.
PAROCHIAL'ITY, n. The state of being parochial.
PARO'CHIAL, a. [from L. parochia.] Belonging to a parish; as parochial clergy; p...
P`ARLOUS, a. Keen; sprightly; waggish. [Not used.]
P`ARLOR, n. Primarily, the apartment in a nunnery where the nuns are permitted t...
PARLIAMENTEE'R, n. One of those who adhered to the parliament in the time of Cha...
PARLIAMENTA'RIAN PARLIAMENT'ARY, a. Pertaining to parliament; as parliamentary a...