palsy






Contents






  • 1 English


    • 1.1 Etymology 1


      • 1.1.1 Pronunciation


      • 1.1.2 Noun


        • 1.1.2.1 Synonyms


        • 1.1.2.2 Derived terms


        • 1.1.2.3 Translations




      • 1.1.3 Verb




    • 1.2 Etymology 2


      • 1.2.1 Pronunciation


      • 1.2.2 Adjective




    • 1.3 Further reading


    • 1.4 Anagrams







English



Etymology 1


From Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from the accusative form of Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, palsy), from παραλύειν (paralúein, to disable on one side), from παρά (pará, beside) + λύειν (lúein, loosen). Doublet of paralysis.



Pronunciation



  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːlzi/


Noun


palsy (countable and uncountable, plural palsies)



  1. (pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

    • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
      Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's camber, outside a tea-shop.




Synonyms

  • paralysis


Derived terms


  • Bell's palsy

  • cerebral palsy

  • Erb's palsy



Translations



Verb


palsy (third-person singular simple present palsies, present participle palsying, simple past and past participle palsied)


  1. To paralyse, either completely or partially.


    • 1831, William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, To The Public [1]
      In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.


    • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 2, chapter 9
      Its streets were blocked up with snow - the few passangers seemed palsied with snow, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter.





Etymology 2


From pals +‎ -y.



Pronunciation



  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpælzi/


Adjective


palsy (comparative more palsy, superlative most palsy)



  1. (colloquial) Chummy, friendly.


Further reading




  • palsy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913


  • palsy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911


  • palsy at OneLook Dictionary Search



Anagrams



  • plays, splay, spyal



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