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Webster 1913 Edition
Palsied
Pal′sied
,Adj.
Affected with palsy; paralyzed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Palsied
PAL'SIED
,Adj.
Definition 2024
palsied
palsied
English
Adjective
palsied (comparative more palsied, superlative most palsied)
- Afflicted with palsy.
- Trembling as if afflicted with palsy.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 16, page 180, ¶ 9
- [“]You had another of your vacillating consultations with your councillors. Fine advisers.” With infinite scorn, “A herd of palsied purblind idiots hugging their sterile profits close to their sunken chests in the face of my father’s displeasure.”
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 16, page 180, ¶ 9
Verb
palsied
- simple past tense and past participle of palsy