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Definitions for quinsy
ˈkwɪn ziquin·sy
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Princeton's WordNet
quinsy, peritonsillar abscessnoun
a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
Wiktionary
quinsynoun
A painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
Etymology: From quinencie, from quinancia, from κυνάγχη, from κύων + ἄγχω.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Quinsynoun
A tumid inflammation in the throat, which sometimes produces suffocation.
Etymology: corrupted from squinancy.
The throttling quinsey ’tis my star appoints,
And rheumatisms I send to rack the joints. Dryden.Great heat and cold, succeeding one another, occasion pleurisies and quinsies. John Arbuthnot, on Air.
Webster Dictionary
Quinsynoun
an inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey
Etymology: [Contr. fr. squinancy, F. esquinancie, L. cynanche a sort of sore throat, Gr. sore throat, dog quinsy, fr. dog + to choke; cf. also L. synanche sore throat, Gr. . Cf. Hound, Anger, and Cynanche.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quinsy
kwin′zi, n. an inflammatory affection of the substance of the tonsils, attended when fully developed by suppuration.—ns. Quin′sy-berr′y, the common black-currant; Quin′sy-wort, a small trailing British herb of the madder family. [O. Fr. squinancie (Fr. esquinancie)—Gr. kynanchē—kyōn, a dog, anchein, to throttle.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Quinsy
inflammation of the tonsils of the throat.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quinsy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quinsy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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