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quinsyn.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. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] > quinsy or tonsillitis α. c1390 in C. Horstmann (1892) i. 164 Men called þat vuel Comuynli, Þat he hedde, the Qwinaci. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich (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 (1884) I. 791/9 Hec squacia, a queynose [perh. read queynase]. β. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (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 182 Les escrovelles, a disease called the quynnancy or the kynges yvell.1587 L. Mascall (1627) 125 The quinancy is an ill sorenesse..in the throat of the horse.1607 E. Topsell 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 (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 at Mandel Mandlernes hævelse i halsen, the quinsey or quinancy, the mumps.γ. ?a1425 (?1373) (1938) f. 12 (MED) This herbe [sc. columbine] is good for the qvyncie.c1450 in W. R. Dawson (1934) 238 (MED) For the qwynsy, take cresse sede and dry figges in vynegre in manir of gargasyn.1493 (1515) (de Worde) f. 95v On a tyme he was nere deed of the quency.a1535 T. More (1553) iii. xx. sig. S.iiii He collereth them by the necke with a quynsy.1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 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 iii. f. 38v Blase drives away the quinsey quight, with water sanctifide.1646 Sir T. Browne 102 A famous medicine in Quinses, sore throats, and strangulations. View more context for this quotation1682 26–30 Aug. 1/1 A Physician was sent for..applyed several things as he thought fit, either for Quinsy, or Apoplexy.1718 1 Dec. 2/2 (advt.) Quinsy Drops, the best Remedy in Quinsys, Rasins, &c.1753 S. Richardson II. xvi. 165 She tried to swallow, as one in a quinsey.1829 S. Cooper (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 II. lvii. 221 An alarming attack of the quinsey or putrid sore throat.1892 6 Oct. 5/3 Since the gout left his throat the patient has had three quinsies.1902 H. Gradle i. xix. 234 Peritonsillar abscess, also known as quinsy, or deep or phlegmonous tonsillitis, begins like ordinary tonsillitis.1907 ‘O. Henry’ 45 I had a telegram saying mother is very sick... I hope it isn't her quinzy again.1966 V. Nabokov (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 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 53 92 Innovative airway management in an adult with a peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) located atypically in the inferior pole of the palatine tonsil.Compounds 1851 XIII. App. 505/1 Quinsy Berries. (See Currants.). 1951 (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 1733/1 Quinsy Berry, the fruit of the Black Currant, Ribes nigrum. 1960 R. A. Vines 317 Ribes americanum..is also known under the vernacular names of Wild Black Currant and Quinsyberry. 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 1799 R. E. Hunter 90 Quincey wort, in the close near Sacket's hill. 1861 A. Pratt 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 (Nexis) 4 June a32 Others include sneezewort, cancerwort, rupturewort, gutwort, even wartwort. How about nettle-wort, quinsy wort and tooth wort? Derivatives the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [adjective] > quinsy or tonsillitis 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil I. 178 Drips from their nostrils sable blood, And presses quinsied jaws a furry tongue. 1892 J. W. Riley 7 I left him sleeping like a quinsied babe. 1923 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). < n.c1390 |