palsy
(noun) a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
paralysis, palsy
(noun) loss of the ability to move a body part
palsy
(verb) affect with palsy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
Synonym: paralysis
palsy (third-person singular simple present palsies, present participle palsying, simple past and past participle palsied)
To paralyse, either completely or partially.
palsy (comparative more palsy, superlative most palsy)
(colloquial) Chummy, friendly.
• plays, splay, spyal
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"sy, n.; pl. Palsies. Etym: [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.] (Med.)
Definition: Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. "One sick of the palsy." Mark ii. 3. Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.
– Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.
– Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.
Pal"sy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palsied; p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying.]
Definition: To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
