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quinsy
[ kwin-zee ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
quinsy
/ ˈkwɪnzɪ /
noun
- inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues with the formation of abscesses
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Other Words From
- quinsied adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quinsy1
1300–50; Middle English quin ( e ) sie < Medieval Latin quinancia, Late Latin cynanchē < Greek kynánchē sore throat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quinsy1
C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin from Greek kunankhē, from kuōn dog + ankhein to strangle
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Example Sentences
I prevailed by undertaking to do any mortal thing he liked, as long as he lay where he was with that quinsy.
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Quinsy, kwin′zi, n. an inflammatory affection of the substance of the tonsils, attended when fully developed by suppuration.
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Witty men said that the orator had not caught a sore throat, but a silver quinsy during the night.
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My quinsy has altogether left me, and my blood flows strong after the rest.
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At this extraordinary sight the bishop was seized with a fit of laughter, which burst the quinsy, and saved his life.
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