{ Par"a*mour`, Par"a*mours` (?) }, adv. By or with love, esp. the love
of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words. [Obs.]
For par amour, I loved her first ere thou.
Chaucer.
Par*am"y*lum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + &?; starch.] (Chem.)
A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on
the surface of stagnant water.
Par`a*naph"tha*lene (?), n. [Pref. para- + naphthalene.] (Chem.)
Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. [Obs.]
||Par`a*noi"a (pr`*noi"), n. [NL., fr. Gr. para`noia.] (Med.) Mental
||derangement; insanity.
Par*an"thra*cene (?), n. [Pref. para- + anthracene.] (Chem.) An inert
isomeric modification of anthracene.
Par`a*nu"cle*us (?), n. [Pref. para- + nucleus.] (Biol.) Some as
Nucleolus.
Pa*ra" nut` (p*r‰" nt`). (Bot.) The Brazil nut.
Par"a*nymph (?), n. [L. paranymphus, Gr. &?;; para` beside, near + &?;
a bride: cf. F. paranymphe.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) (a) A friend of the
bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.
Milton. (b) The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom.