palsied

[ pawl-zeed ]

adjective

1. paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles.

Other Words From

• un·palsied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of palsied¹

First recorded in 1960–65; palsy ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

He tottered about, shivering, and stuffed every open chink as well as he could with his palsied paws, until no light came through anywhere.

From Literature

She had the intellectual capacity of a two-year-old, was incontinent, never fully regained her ability to speak, struggled to perform basic daily maintenance routines, and had a palsied arm.

From Salon

A plucky disregard for public opinion has its charms, but Mastriano perhaps too wholeheartedly embraces John Quincy Adams’s 1825 injunction that politicians should not be “palsied by the will of our constituents.”

From Washington Post

He struggled with palsied hands to shield his exposed body with a thin towel.

From Washington Post

“If we hadn’t been involved, very soon there would have been others to work for the cerebral palsied,” she wrote in a 1983 foreword to “Karen.”

From Washington Post