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palesie

palesie is the obsolete form of palsy.

Meaning of palsy

Noun (1)

palsy (countable and uncountable, plural palsies)

  1. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
    • The palsie plagues my pulses
      when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
      your culuers take, or matchles make
      your Chanticleare or sullenc. 1620,, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
    Synonyms:
    paralysis

Noun (2)

palsy (plural palsies)

  1. (slang) Mate, chum.
    • Listen, palsy, you're not the boss.2013, James Hadley Chase, You Can Say That Again

See all 4 meanings of palsy

Questions about palesie

What is palesie the obsolete form of?
Palesie is the obsolete form of palsy.

Words near palesie in the dictionary

  1. Palermo
  2. palermoite
  3. pales
  4. pales in comparison
  5. pales into insignificance
  6. palesie
  7. palesimian
  8. palesimians
  9. Palesman
  10. Palesmen
  11. palesome

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