PAREGORIC

PRONUNCIATION: (par-uh-GOR-ik)

MEANING: noun: Something that soothes.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin paregoricus (soothing), from Greek paregorikos (soothing), from paregorein (to speak soothingly to), from para- (beside) + agoreuein (to speak in public), from agora (assembly, marketplace). Earliest documented use: 1671.
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PAREMORIC - having the role of a lover

PA-RIGORIC - strict the way my Daddy was

PAREGONIC - like a shining example of a closed straight-sided plane figure