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Definition: Quinsy |
QuinsyNoun1. A painful pus-filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quinsy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Etymology: Quinsy \Quin"sy\, noun. [Contr. from squinancy, French esquinancie, from Latin expression cynanche sort of sore throat, Greek sore throat, dog quinsy, from dog to choke; compare to also Latin synanche sore throat. Compare to Hound, Anger, and Cynanche.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of being afflicted with this disease, denotes discouraging employments. To see others with it, sickness will cause you much anxiety. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Quinsy This is a curious abbreviation. The Latin word is cynanchia, and the Greek word kunanché, from kuon anche, dog strangulation, because persons suffering from quinsy throw open the mouth like dogs, especially mad dogs. From kunanche comes kuanchy, kuansy, quinsy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quinsy."
Synonym: QuinsySynonym: peritonsillar abscess (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Quinsy |
| English words defined with "quinsy": Squinancy, Squinancy berries, Squinsy, Squinzey ♦ Tonsilitis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "quinsy": Squinzey. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quinsy | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quinsy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | angina (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bajame (almond, almond tree, nut, tonsil, tonsillitis, tonsils), angjinë (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | اللواز الصديدي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ангина (angina, tonsillitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zánìt mandlí (tonsillitis), angína (angina, tonsillitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | angina (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | keelontsteking (angina, laryngitis), angina (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | angino (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | hálstak (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kurkkuajos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | angine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mandelentzündung (tonsilitis, tonsillitis), Bräune (angina, brownness, sunburn, suntan, tan), Angina (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυνάγχη (angina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tüszõs mandulagyulladás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tonsillite (tonsillitis), angina (angina, sore throat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 扁桃腺炎 (tonsillitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | へ"とうせ"え" (tonsillitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trew, reaym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | insyquay angina (angina). (various references) angina (angina, angina pectoris). (various references) gâlci, amigdalitã (tonsillitis). (various references) ангина (angina, tonsillitis). (various references) gnojno zapaljenje krajnika. (various references) angina (angina, laryngitis, sore throat). (various references) halsböld. (various references) farenjit (pharyngitis), anjin (angina, Prunella), anjín (angina). (various references) гострий паратонзиліт. (various references) viêm hạch hạnh có mủ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kynankhe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Quinsy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kinsy, quans, quansa, quanty, quany, Quenby, quenzy, quesy, quiesy, quims, quimsy, quincey, quindy, quines, Quinns, quins, quinse, quinsi, Quinti, quinty, Quintyn, quiny, quinz, quisy, quivs, quny, quons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "quinsy" (pronounced 'Quin"sy'): Achromatopsy, Apepsy, Clumsy, Eclampsy, gassy, Gipsy, Leasy, Madegassy, Misy, Mucksy, Photopsy, Posy, Prosopolepsy, Pursy, Queasy, Slimsy, Squinsy, tansy, tipsy, tricksy, Unsonsy, Weasy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-q-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: quins. | |
-2 letters: quin, yins. | |
-3 letters: ins, nus, sin, sun, suq, syn, uns, yin. | |
-4 letters: in, is, nu, si, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-q-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: squinny, squinty, yanquis. | |
+4 letters: quarryings, squinnying. | |
+5 letters: disquantity, questionary, quiescently, squintingly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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