falling sickness

noun

epilepsy.

Origin of falling sickness

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby falling sickness

falling door, falling down drunk, falling of womb, falling-out, falling rhythm, falling sickness, falling star, falling tide, falling weather, fall in line, fall in love

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Example sentences from the Web for falling sickness

Even the roof, not of you be it said, has the falling-sickness—it hangs by a hair.
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz
It is good against the Falling-sickness, and giddiness in the head, it cleanseth the Reins and Bladder.
A Queens Delight|Anonymous
It was a sickness, I believe, like the falling-sickness that comes to old men; and in time I grew better and dreamed no more.
Children of the Frost|Jack London
He who kisses it is preserved for seven days from falling-sickness, apoplexy, and sudden death.'
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing|George Barton Cutten

British Dictionary definitions for falling sickness

falling sickness

falling evil

noun

a former name (nontechnical) for epilepsy

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单词	falling sickness
释义	falling sickness noun epilepsy. Origin of falling sickness First recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby falling sickness falling door, falling down drunk, falling of womb, falling-out, falling rhythm, falling sickness, falling star, falling tide, falling weather, fall in line, fall in love Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for falling sickness Even the roof, not of you be it said, has the falling-sickness—it hangs by a hair. Stories and Pictures\|Isaac Loeb Peretz It is good against the Falling-sickness, and giddiness in the head, it cleanseth the Reins and Bladder. A Queens Delight\|Anonymous It was a sickness, I believe, like the falling-sickness that comes to old men; and in time I grew better and dreamed no more. Children of the Frost\|Jack London He who kisses it is preserved for seven days from falling-sickness, apoplexy, and sudden death.' Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing\|George Barton Cutten British Dictionary definitions for falling sickness falling sickness falling evil noun a former name (nontechnical) for epilepsy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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