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palsy

/ˈpɔːlzi/PAWL-zee
/ˈpɔlzi/PAWL-zee

Meaningloosening or paralysis

Common meaning: loss of muscle control or movement

Journey through time

  1. Greekparalysis‘loosening or paralysis’source
  2. Latinparalysis‘paralysis’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsparalysis → the palsieparalisie‘the palsie’source
  4. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsthe palsie → paralysispalesy‘paralysis’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsparalysis → loss of muscle control or movementpalsy‘loss of muscle control or movement’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek paralysis ‘loosening or paralysis’.

Roots

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