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palsical

palsical adjective: affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.

Adjective

palsical (comparative more palsical, superlative most palsical)

  1. (obsolete) Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.
    • For this heat doth help the palsical, it restores and preserves the wasted strength of the native heat1749, Johann Heinrich Cohausen, Hermippus Redivivus

Forms of palsical

comparativemore palsical
superlativemost palsical

Origin of palsical

From palsy + -ical.

Questions about palsical

What does palsical mean?
Palsical means affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.
What part of speech is palsical?
Palsical is an adjective.

Words near palsical in the dictionary

  1. palsgraves
  2. palsgravine
  3. palsgravines
  4. palship
  5. palships
  6. palsical
  7. palsie
  8. palsied
  9. palsiedly
  10. palsies
  11. palsification

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