palsy

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  1. noun Complete or partial muscle paralysis, often accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors.
  2. noun A weakening or debilitating influence.
  3. noun An enfeebled condition or debilitated state thought to result from such an influence.
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  • Even with cerebral palsy, the teen was active in a variety of sports. —  10connects.com Local News
  • Mr Peffer said: "The more I told this guy I'm not drunk and have cerebral palsy, the more he hit me and chased me." —  IOL: News
  • Born with cerebral palsy, the 38-year-old Great Falls woman, who used a wheelchair to get around, was unable to find a job until recently, when she started working as an independent living specialist with North Central Independent Living Services Inc., in Black Eagle. —  greatfallstribune.com - Local News
  • It is what they call the palsy. —  The Grey Cloak
  • Racing blood, bursting heart, labored pang of chest, prickling, burning skin, a queer involuntary flutter of muscles, like a palsy--these attested to the instinctive primitive nature of my state. —  Tales of lonely trails
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  1. Middle English palsie, alteration of Old French paralisie, alteration of Latin paralysis; see paralysis.

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  1. from Middle English palsey, palsye, palasye, palesie (also parlesie, paralisie, etc.), from Old French *palasie, *palesie, palasine (also paralysie), French paralysie = Provencal parelisi = Spanish parálisis, perlesia = Portuguese paralysia = Italian paralisia, from Latin paralysis, from Greek παράλυσις, palsy, paralysia: see paralysis.
  2. from palsy, n.
 

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