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Definition of Palsied
1. Adjective. Affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor. "Palsied hands"
Definition of Palsied
1. a. Affected with palsy; paralyzed.
Definition of Palsied
1. Adjective. Afflicted with palsy. ¹
2. Adjective. Trembling as if afflicted with palsy. ¹
3. Verb. (past of palsy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palsied
1. palsy [v] - See also: palsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palsied
Literary usage of Palsied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"It depends on the fact that a hemiplegic patient can walk sideways towards his
palsied side with little or no difficulty, but on account of the spasticity ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... his on Solway's strand When vengeance clenched his palsied hand, That pointed
yet to Scotland's land, 80 Each rebel corpse was laid ! ..."
3. On the nature and treatment of softening of the brain by Richard Rowland (1851)
"She was apparently recovering from hemiplegia when another seizure took place,
in which the left side was completely palsied. The right arm was raised every ..."
4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"... and there seek to find which*pai- out the spell which palsied Lord Cardigan's
squadrons, Light*i6 we learn that the brigade was kept where it stood by ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"... And even the aged and palsied appear ; He takes out a purse, very broad, very
long, Holds it up to the gaze of the wondering throng : All looked, ..."
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