Definitions for quinsy

quinsy quin·sy

Spelling: [kwin-zee]
IPA: /ˈkwɪn zi/

Quinsy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in quinsy (inqsuy).

Definitions for quinsy

noun

  1. a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.

Origin of quinsy

1300-50; Middle English quin(e)sie Medieval Latin quinancia, Late Latin cynanchē Greek kynánchē sore throat

Examples for quinsy

Four years afterwards, on the 13th September, 1592, he died of quinsy.

My mother feared that quinsy was catching; and Miss Perry had no successor.

It is stimulant, diaphoretic, and expectorant; is used in quinsy, and by the native doctors of Travancore in catarrhal affections.

My quinsy has altogether left me, and my blood flows strong after the rest.

What a pity he didn't die of a quinsy instead of breaking his neck!

It's all come down to a touch of sore throat, a little sort of quinsy.

Alas, apart from her tendency to quinsy, it was I who was found wanting.

Uncle Jake is subject to the quinsy and he was on the verge of it.

Her dog, my lady, has developed a quinsy, most unaccountable.

Edred, the successor of Edmund I of England, died of quinsy.

Word Value for quinsy
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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