Definitions for palsy

palsy pal·sy

Spelling: [pawl-zee]
IPA: /ˈpɔl zi/

Palsy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in palsy (alpsy).

Definitions for palsy

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 palsy

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

Examples for palsy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for palsy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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