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quinsey

quinsey is the obsolete form of quinsy.

Meaning of quinsy

Noun

quinsy (countable and uncountable, plural quinsies)

  1. A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
    • He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weal throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech.1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July...

Forms of quinsey

pluralquinseys

Questions about quinsey

What is quinsey the obsolete form of?
Quinsey is the obsolete form of quinsy.

Words near quinsey in the dictionary

  1. quinquivalency
  2. quinquivalent
  3. quins
  4. Quinsam
  5. Quinsay
  6. quinsey
  7. quinseys
  8. quinsie
  9. quinsied
  10. quinsies
  11. Quinsoriano

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