PARIS
\pˈaɹɪs], \pˈaɹɪs], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
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The chief city of France.
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A plant common in Europe (quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
By Noah Webster.
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It possesses narcotic properties, and was formerly considered a powerful love philter. It is emetic, and is sometimes used externally as a resolvent and anodyne.
By Robley Dunglison
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G. K. Chesterton
- conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)