See Also: quinsy(medicine)
quinsy(dictionary)

galore (oh) and quinsy (iou)


galore (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Irish Gaelic; Origin: go leor 'enough']
in large amounts or numbers
::bargains galore in the Sales

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.