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palsyn.1adj.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French parleisie, parlesie, paralisie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman parleisie (1212 or earlier), parlesie, parlesi, palesie, palasie (13th cent.; also, reflecting the Latin accusative form, palazin , palazine , palasin , palaisin ), variants of paralisie paralysie n. Compare earlier paralysis n., and later paralysie n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pǭ·lzi) /ˈpɔːlzɪ/. A. n.1 1. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis α. c1250 in (1935) 70 239 (MED) To rome eft he was brout; he was in perlesie. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 19048 A man was criplid in þe parlesi [a1400 Trin. Cambr. palesy; c1460 Laud palsy]. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2996 Som for ire sal have als þe parlesy. ?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 92v Þe parlsy, paralisis. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 76 (MED) Whoso, his wombe full, knowys a woman, lightly he rynnys yn-to perlesy. a1568 Cursing Sir I. Rowlis in (1928) II. 278 Appostrum or þe perlocy. 1580 J. Hay in T. G. Law (1901) 69 Miracolouslie delyveret from ane Parlesie. a1586 King Hart l. 879 in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 282 Heidwerk hoist and parlasy. the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > utter inability or powerlessness a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 90 in C. Horstmann (1881) 2nd Ser. 416 Hand and penne quake for verray dreed; Of which palysy, but grace be my leche..I not who shal me teche. 1602 J. Marston iv. iv. sig. H4 I will liue, Onely to numme some others cursed bloode, With the dead palsie of like misery. 1652 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi (new ed.) ii. 150 The next morning the City had a hot good morrow given her by the Castles, that put her in a palsie for a great while. a1665 J. Quarles (1680) 66 Fear is the palsie of the mind and soul, A Tempest which no cunning can controul. 1719 J. Barker 58 My Mind labour'd under a perpetual shaking Palsy of Hope and Fear. 1753 T. Smollett I. xiii. 74 Our adventurer, who overheard the conversation, was immediately seized with a palsy of fear. 1791 T. Paine i. 32 Is the calmness of philosophy, or the palsy of insensibility, to be looked for? 1832 J. K. Paulding II. vi. 67 Virginia could not answer. She was silent, motionless, in the numb palsy of despair. 1879 S. C. Bartlett ii. 28 So thoroughly does the region now lie under the palsy of Mohammedanism. 1908 G. K. Chesterton vi. 96 He had sunk down into his seat shuddering, in a palsy of passionate relief. 1987 K. E. Moyer i. 2 Jarvis gets up with the gun. He is shaking all over with the palsy of intense rage. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > person a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 18543 To parlesi [a1400 Trin. Cambr. palesie] and to mesele And to þe wode, gifand þair hele. ?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 92v Þe parlsy..paraliticus: qui patitur illam infirmitatem. 1526 R. Whitford tr. (1893) 14 He heled ye blynde & defe, lepres & palseys. B. adj.1the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > palsy or paralysis > suffering from a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 207 (MED) And here synagoge was i-fillyd with palsye men, blynde, dombe, and deue to be helyd. 1563 T. Hill (1608) ii. xlvi. 116 This hearb eaten doth strengthen the palsie members. 1607 E. Topsell 27 A palsie man will fall downe if he tast of the perfume made of the haires of an Asse or Mule. 1635 J. Swan vii. §3. 357 With what a palsie pace it [sc. winter] cometh. 1689 115 At length he laid His Palsy Hands upon his Head. 1703 J. Kelsey 297 Aged Men, whose Palsy Heads and fainting Powers are [etc.]. 1720 A. Pennecuik (ed. 2) i. 48 With hungry Looks, holds up her ghostly Face, Her palsey Hands. a1763 T. Godfrey (1765) iii. viii. 171 And horror o'er thee 'll spread his palsy hand. 1842 L. Hunt iii. 48 Six there were, of toothless fame, With each his man, of jaws as tame; Then his own, the palsiest there. 1910 W. Boyle iv. 99 The palsey, ugly, shrivelled bag of bones! 1996 25 Oct. i. 19/4 If someone is too palsy to light the bowl (due to being too stoned or the person is just a retard) then they must relinquish control of the lighter to someone more able to get it lit. Compounds C1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of palsy. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in iii. f. ccclviii Me thynketh the palasy yuel hath acomered thy wittes. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in (1888) 81 92 (MED) Mony he heled in þat tyme þat weren in þe palesy pyne. a1832 W. Scott (1855) 129 His features seem writhen as by a palsy stroke. 1850 (Royal Soc.) 140 741 In hemiplegia, the ‘palsy-stroke’ transmitted from the brain along the spinal cord almost invariably affects the leg less injuriously than the arm. 1890 W. Carleton ii. 83 Is justice dull from a palsy stroke, And deaf, as well as blind? C2. In the sense ‘used to cure palsy’. the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for palsy ?1727 J. Swift (1969) 334 Godfrey in Southampton Street, Hungary waters and palsy drops. 1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick ii. 21 Where are the palsy-drops, Brush? 1998 (Nexis) 31 Dec. iv. 3 Compound Tincture of Lavender to relieve muscle spasms, nervousness, and headaches, also known as ‘Palsy Drops,’ was in the British Pharmacopocia over two-hundred years, until the 1940's. the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for palsy 1697 S. Brounower Let. 24 Apr. in (1976) VI. 100 The Palsy water you pleas'd to write for, I endeavour'd to get,..but could not. 1711 J. Swift 16 Jan. (1768) IV. 196 Bid him tell you all about the bottle of palsey water by Smyth. 1939 J. Sutherland 101 He [sc. Jonathan Swift] had bought a number of things for the ladies—chocolate, a bottle of palsy-water. C3. Instrumental. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > person a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1912) I. 302 So that I live to pay a mortall fee, Dead palsie sicke of all my chiefest parts. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph of Faith in tr. 572 By Faith Saint Peter likewise did restore A Palsie-sicke. 1618 J. Adamson 34 But yee (halfe-palsie-sicke) thinke neuer right Of what yee hold. 1602 J. Marston Induct. sig. A3 As if you held the palsey shaking head Of reeling chaunce, vnder your fortunes belt. 1621 R. Brathwait 78 With eyes-inflam'd and palsie-shaking hand. 1855 T. B. Read 21 His partner, bowed, walks tottering, with a palsy-shaking head. a1644 F. Quarles (1645) xii. 58 Before the Keepers of thy crazy Tow'r Be palsie-stricken. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in 92 A poor, weak, palsy-stricken, churchyard thing. 1998 (Nexis) 26 May 23 The complete dependency of her bad-tempered, palsy-stricken husband, Jacob. 1638 J. Shirley ii. l. 35 And thy adulterate arts, as the world naming But once Ardelia, shall be palsey-strucke. 1826 T. Flint II. iii. 98 The musket dropt from his hands, as if he had been palsystruck. 1997 C. Ozick (1998) 17 There they stand, the widowers, frail, gazing, palsy-struck. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in 104 Angela the old Died palsy-twitch'd. 1877 T. Cooper v. 128 The bawd, all palsy-twitched, whose feignful glee, When he beholds her face upon the morrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palsyn.2adj.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pal n.3, -sy suffix2. Etymology: < pal n.3 + -sy suffix2. colloquial. Frequently ironic. A. n.2the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend 1930 Dec. 82 Call me Palsy. 1945 E. Wilson 118 Ratoff appealed to him. ‘Look, palsy,’ he said, ‘whawt time I wawz in your house this morning?’ 1953 S. Kauffmann xiii. 216 Yeah, I smell the rat. Joe Bass's new relatives. Well, palsy, they're liable to ream you yet. 1999 (Nexis) 30 Apr. 19 How'bout it, palsie? Can I show you a good time? B. adj.2the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > on terms of fellowship 1960 R. Brown & A. Gilman in A. Sebeok 269 Very ‘palsy’ parents may invite their children to call them by first name. 1969 11 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 41/4 The New York police and I are not too palsy right now. 1997 E. White (1998) vii. 287 What he wanted from me was something more affectionate and offhand and palsy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palsyv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palsy n.1 Etymology: < palsy n.1 Compare earlier palsied adj. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil ii. 39 With menacing becking thee branches palsye beforetyme [L. tremefacta comam concusso vertice nutat]. 1827 S. B. H. Judah II. iii. ii. 100 Your cheeks should blanch to the livid coloring of the grave, and your limbs palsy, as stricken in the winter of age. 1887 46 511 Truth, before which his eye dims and his arm palsies. 1983 I. Feldman 54 His hand then palsies on The hard levers, and the machinery Of affliction clatters on. 2001 J. Ellroy lxxxvii. 470 Littell got the shakes. Littell got instant DTs. He palsied. His hands jerked. the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > render powerless > render powerless or helpless ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer (new ed.) xviii. 287 Askt, if ouercome With wine he were; or..were palsied In his minds instruments. 1665 R. Head I. xxxix. 272 The Fabrick of the earth is not continually palsyed by Earth quakes, since there is a Creator above that oversees such actions. 1701 E. Sherburne ii. i. 232 Amazement strikes my Soul; a trembling Cold Palsies my Joynts. 1778 H. More iv. 67 The blasting sight..Curdles the blood within my shiv'ring veins, And palsies my bold arm. 1838 W. H. Prescott I. Introd. p. xxxviii These circumstances so far palsied the arm of the Christians. 1874 J. S. Blackie 24 It lames and palsies his utterance. 1924 Apr. 408/2 Hell no longer affrights and palsies them. 2003 (Nexis) 26 Mar. 6 The great evil that meets us on every side, that palsies every political effort and dwarfs the growth of every secular movement, is that the repulsion of sectarianism is stronger than the attraction of patriotism. 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