Palsied
['pɔːlzɪd] or ['pɔlzɪd]
Definition
(adj.) affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor; 'palsied hands' .
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Definition
(a.) Affected with palsy; paralyzed.
(imp. & p. p.) of Palsy
Typist: Marvin
Examples
- Its streets were blocked up with snow--the few passengers seemed palsied, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The sultry air impregnated with dust, the heat and smoke of burning palaces, palsied my limbs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her faculties were palsied. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But not again did he return with a stout man and wife; for this time, he led in two palsied women, who shook and tottered as they walked. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Get on,' rejoined Eugene, tapping his palsied head with the fire-shovel, as it sank on his breast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I told her how the fear of her danger palsied my exertions, how the knowledge of her safety strung my nerves to endurance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Marvin