Palsy Definition
pôlzē
palsied, palsies, palsying
noun
palsies
Paralysis of any voluntary muscle as a result of some disorder in the nervous system, sometimes accompanied with involuntary tremors.
Webster's New World
A weakening or debilitating influence.
American Heritage
An enfeebled condition or debilitated state thought to result from such an influence.
American Heritage
A fit of strong emotion marked by the inability to act.
American Heritage
verb
To afflict with or as with palsy; paralyze.
Webster's New World
To deprive of strength.
American Heritage
To make helpless, as with fear.
American Heritage
To make helpless, as with fear.
American Heritage Medicine
To deprive of strength.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Palsy
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From Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from the accusative form of Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (paralusis, “palsy"), from παραλύειν (paraluein, “to disable on one side"), from παρά (para, “beside") + λύειν (luein, “loosen").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English palsie alteration of Old French paralisie alteration of Latin paralysis paralysis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From pals +"Ž -y.
From Wiktionary
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