See Also: quinsy(medicine)
quinsy(dictionary)

quinsy (iou)



quinsy noun. ME.
[Old French quinencie from medieval Latin quinancia from Greek kunagkhe CYNANCHE. Cf. SQUINANCY, SQUINSY.]
Medicine. (A case of) a pus-filled swelling in the soft palate around the tonsils, usu. as a complication of tonsillitis.
Comb.: quinsy-wort squinancy-wort, Asperula cynanchica.
quinsied adjective M19.