inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues with the formation of abscesses
Word origin
C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin from Greek kunankhē, from kuōn dog + ankhein to strangle
quinsy in American English
(ˈkwɪnzi)
noun
Obsolete
tonsillitis
Word origin
ME quinaci < ML quinancia < LL cynanche < Gr kynanchē, inflammation of the throat, lit., dog-choking < kyōn, dog (see hound1) + anchein, to choke (see anger)
Examples of 'quinsy' in a sentence
quinsy
Well I was looking it up and I found out on the Net that suppurative tonsillitis is also known as... quinsy