par apoplexy

[Pref. par-, and Eng, apo plexy (q. v.). A sleepy state resembling apoplexy; false apoplexy. păr-a-quět (quas k), s. [PARRAKEET.] păr-a-săc-char-ōse, s. [Pref. para-, and Eng. saccharose.] rotatory power than cane-sugar. păr'-a-săng, *par-a-sangue, subst . [Lat. para sanga , from Gr. parasanggés , from Pers.farsang .] 1. Lit .: A Persian measure of length, varying in different places from thirty to sixty stadia. According to Hero dot us it was thirty stadia, i.e. , about 3% miles English. 2. Fig .: Used to denote a long distance, as we say a mile. "Not many paras an gues inferior to him in fame."Phillips: The at rum Poetarum, ii. 157 (ed. 1675).