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)
(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
complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part
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Verb
palsy (third-person singular simple present palsies, present participle palsying, simple past and past participle palsied)
- 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)
(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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