palsyingadj.
/ˈpɔːlzɪɪŋ/, /ˈpɒlzɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɔlziɪŋ/, /ˈpɑlziɪŋ/ 1. Causing palsy; paralysing. Chiefly figurative.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > making incapable > making powerless or helpless
palsying1640
paralytica1657
paralysing1808
impotentizing1920
1640 T. Nabbes Bride iv. v. l. 46 All the palsying apprehensions That ever made a malefactor tremble.
1796 M. Hays Mem. Emma Courtney I. xv. 91 The interruptions of barbarous inroads, falling empires, and palsying despotism.
1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1826) III. xii. 260 Thaddeus gazed at him with a palsying uncertainty in his heart.
a1854 C. B. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 299 Her dear old hand! now tremulous With palsying weakness grown.
1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 47 On fields where palsying Pythic laurels grow.
1921 W. Watson Ireland Unfreed 28 Though oft her palsying fears Did freeze up noble purpose.
1994 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 58 557 The palsying effect of army doctrine on American military performance in Vietnam.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > palsy or paralysis > suffering from
lamec725
paralytica1398
palsya1500
lither1513
palsied1551
shrew-run1607
stupid1634
paralysed1763
paretic1822
palsying1834
shrew-afflicted1842
shrew-struck1850
1834 J. G. Whittier Mogg Megone 171 Until the wizard's curses hung Suspended on his palsying tongue.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. x. 271 The heaviness of a broken spirit, and of pining and palsying faculties.
1869 Overland Monthly Jan. 80/1 One by one, with lank jaws, cavernous eyes and gaunt frames, we stretched forth our palsying fingers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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