palsy
noun
- paralysis accompanied by weakness, loss of feeling and shaking
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈpælzi/ / /ˈpɔːlzi/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English pal English -sy English palsy From pal + -sy.
- Chummy, friendly.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English pal English -sy English palsy From pal + -sy.
- Mate, chum.
“Listen, palsy, you're not the boss.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis.
- To paralyse, either completely or partially.
“1831, William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, To The Public http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928t.html 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.”
“Its streets were blocked up with snow - the few passengers seemed palsied with snow, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter.”