squinancy
noun
squin·an·cy
-nə(n)si
plural -es
1
obsolete : peritonsillar abscess
2
: a European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves formerly thought to cure peritonsillar abscess
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, quinsy, from Middle French esquinancie, squinancie, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Greek syanchē sore throat, from syn- + anchein to strangle) of quinancie quinsy, from Late Latin cynanche
- spindle tuber
- spindle-legged
- spindle-shanked
- spindle-wood
- spindleage
- spindleberries
- spindleberry
- spindleberryes
- spindleberrys
- spindled
- spindleful
- spindlehead
- spindlelegses
- spindler
- spindlers
- spindles
- spindleshanks
- spindleshankses
- spindletail
- spindlier
- spindliest
- spindliness
- spindling
- spindlings
- spindly