Definitions for palsies

palsies pal·sy

Spelling: [pawl-zee]
IPA: /ˈpɔl zi/

Palsies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in palsies (aeilpss).

Definitions for palsies

noun

  1. any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
  2. paralysis (def 1b).

adjective

  1. palsy-walsy.

verb (used with object)

  1. to paralyze.

Origin of palsies

1250-1300; Middle English, variant of parlesie Middle French paralisie Latin paralysis paralysis

Examples for palsies

The strong restraint I have put upon my hands has been enough to palsy them.

Now it was rheumatism, now the palsy, and then again the asthma.

I'd been afflicted in June with Lyme's disease and Bell's palsy.

Is his ailment more serious—say, a heart attack or stroke or even Bell's palsy, which left his face looking contorted?

But, ma'am, if you had seen her at the time that her mother was struck with palsy!

A querulous, high-pitched voice, quavering with the palsy of extreme age.

He was apprehensive lest the excitement should give her a fit or a palsy.

But it is open to graver criticism than the palsy of its members: it is a system of despair.

And now that it came it did not come to stimulate, but to palsy.

He stood at the door as his guests departed, shaking as though with a palsy.

Word Value for palsies
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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