Definitions for quinsies

quinsies quin·sy

Spelling: [kwin-zee]
IPA: /ˈkwɪn zi/

Quinsies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in quinsies (eiinqssu).

Definitions for quinsies

noun

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

Origin of quinsies

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

Examples for quinsies

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

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

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

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'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.

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

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

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

Word Value for quinsies
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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