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单词 quinsy
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quinsyn.

Brit. /ˈkwɪnzi/, U.S. /ˈkwɪnzi/
Forms:

α. Middle English queynose (perhaps transmission error), Middle English quinasy, Middle English quinesye, Middle English quynacy, Middle English qwinaci.

β. Middle English quynancy, 1500s quinancie, 1500s quynnancy, 1500s–1800s quinancy.

γ. late Middle English quency, late Middle English qvyncie, late Middle English qwynse, late Middle English qwynsy, late Middle English–1500s quynsy, late Middle English–1700s quinsie, 1500s quinsye, 1500s quynce, 1500s–1600s quincy, 1500s–1600s quinses (plural), 1500s–1800s quinsey, 1500s– quinsy, 1600s quilsey (Scottish), 1600s–1700s quinzey, 1600s– quinzy (now rare), 1700s quincey; N.E.D. (1902) also records a form late Middle English quynce.

Origin: Apparently either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin quinancia; French quinancie, esquinancie.
Etymology: Apparently either < post-classical Latin quinancia (from 13th cent. in British sources: see below), or < Anglo-Norman and Middle French quinancie (1176 in Old French), variant of esquinancie (see squinancy n.). Compare Anglo-Norman kynoncie . Compare squinacy n., squinancy n., and squinsy n.Post-classical Latin quinancia is apparently a variant (after either ancient Greek κυνάγχη cynanche n. or Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French quinancie (as above)) of squinancia squinancy n.
Originally: inflammation or swelling of the throat or part of the throat, esp. tonsillitis; an instance of this. Formerly also occasionally in plural. In later use: spec. peritonsillar abscess; an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] > quinsy or tonsillitis
squinacya1325
quinsyc1390
squinancy1398
squinancec1450
strangullion1481
squinsy1499
squince1538
angina1559
chokes1562
prunella1656
cynanche1706
tonsillitis1801
paristhmitis1817
amygdalitis1876
peritonsillitis1897
α.
c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 164 Men called þat vuel Comuynli, Þat he hedde, the Qwinaci.
c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 215 To rype þe quinesye, tak smale snayles..& playster hem aboue þe sore.
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 791/9 Hec squacia, a queynose [perh. read queynase].
β. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 87 Squinancye is Stranglinge of þe þrote & comeþ of aposteme þat is in þe þrote; And þere beþ þre maner of quynancyes.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 182 Les escrovelles, a disease called the quynnancy or the kynges yvell.1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Horses (1627) 125 The quinancy is an ill sorenesse..in the throat of the horse.1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 183 The third kind of Quinancy (called Synanche) killeth Dogs, because it bloweth vppe their chaps, and includeth their breath.1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) ii. 219/1 This terrible Distemper is called Angina, or the Quinancy, Which is a Difficulty of Breathing and Swallowing, proceeding from an Inflammation and Narrowness of the upper Parts of the Throat, Larynx and Chaps, and always accompanied with a continued Fever.1779 E. Wolff En Dansk og Engelsk Ord-bog at Mandel Mandlernes hævelse i halsen, the quinsey or quinancy, the mumps.γ. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 12 (MED) This herbe [sc. columbine] is good for the qvyncie.c1450 in W. R. Dawson Leechbk. (1934) 238 (MED) For the qwynsy, take cresse sede and dry figges in vynegre in manir of gargasyn.1493 Festivall (1515) (de Worde) f. 95v On a tyme he was nere deed of the quency.a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xx. sig. S.iiii He collereth them by the necke with a quynsy.1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount i. f. 20 The disease called in latin Struma, whiche is a swelling in the throte, of gathered matter and bloud, which wee call in English, the Kinges euil, or the Quinses.1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iii. f. 38v Blase drives away the quinsey quight, with water sanctifide.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 102 A famous medicine in Quinses, sore throats, and strangulations. View more context for this quotation1682 Loyal London Mercury 26–30 Aug. 1/1 A Physician was sent for..applyed several things as he thought fit, either for Quinsy, or Apoplexy.1718 Boston News-let. 1 Dec. 2/2 (advt.) Quinsy Drops, the best Remedy in Quinsys, Rasins, &c.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xvi. 165 She tried to swallow, as one in a quinsey.1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 122 It [sc. dysphagia globosa] is peculiarly common to persons of a nervous or spasmodic temperament: and is hence called..by Dr. Heberden nervous quinsy.1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lvii. 221 An alarming attack of the quinsey or putrid sore throat.1892 Daily News 6 Oct. 5/3 Since the gout left his throat the patient has had three quinsies.1902 H. Gradle Dis. Nose, Pharynx, & Ear i. xix. 234 Peritonsillar abscess, also known as quinsy, or deep or phlegmonous tonsillitis, begins like ordinary tonsillitis.1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp & Other Stories 45 I had a telegram saying mother is very sick... I hope it isn't her quinzy again.1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) ii. 36 This gift played a horrible part in the tussles with quinsy or scarlet fever, when I felt enormous spheres and huge numbers swell relentlessly in my aching brain.1992 Woman 7 Dec. 16/4 If an adult develops a quinsy—an abscess behind an inflamed tonsil—antibiotics and tonsillectomy will almost certainly be necessary.2006 Canad. Jrnl. Anaesthesiol. 53 92 Innovative airway management in an adult with a peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) located atypically in the inferior pole of the palatine tonsil.

Compounds

quinsy berry n. rare the blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum; a berry of this.
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1851 Encycl. Americana XIII. App. 505/1 Quinsy Berries. (See Currants.).
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 1733/1 Quinsy Berry, the fruit of the Black Currant, Ribes nigrum.
1960 R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines Southwest 317 Ribes americanum..is also known under the vernacular names of Wild Black Currant and Quinsyberry.
quinsy wort n. now historical squinancywort, Asperula cynanchica (family Rubiaceae), which was formerly used to treat quinsy.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > woodruff > allied flowers
woodruff1597
squinancy-wort1713
houstonia1764
quinsy wort1799
Venus's pride1845
bouvardia1846
Quaker ladies1871
1799 R. E. Hunter Short Descr. Isle Thanet 90 Quincey wort, in the close near Sacket's hill.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 159 Its specific name..as well as its English name of Quinsey-wort or Quinancy-wort, refer to its ancient uses in disorders of the throat.
2000 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 4 June a32 Others include sneezewort, cancerwort, rupturewort, gutwort, even wartwort. How about nettle-wort, quinsy wort and tooth wort?

Derivatives

ˈquinsied adj. rare (now historical) affected with quinsy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [adjective] > quinsy or tonsillitis
anginal1778
paristhmitic1822
quinsied1855
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 178 Drips from their nostrils sable blood, And presses quinsied jaws a furry tongue.
1892 J. W. Riley Flying Islands of Night 7 I left him sleeping like a quinsied babe.
1923 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 38 338 ‘The Blessed Virgin gives Milk to a quinsied Monk.’ This legend..is one of the most popular of the miracles of Our Lady.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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