falling sickness
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falling sickness
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Compare these noncognates: Old English fiellesēocnes, German Fallsucht.
noun falling-sickness
- Epilepsy. Casca. He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless. Brutus. 'T is very like: he hath the falling sickness.
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noun archaic term for “epilepsy”
| Français | haut mal |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Fallsucht |
| Русский | паду́чая боле́знь padúčaja boléznʹ, паду́чая padúčaja |
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title = {falling sickness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/falling%20sickness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
