quinsy

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quinsy

/ˈkwɪnzi/

Rhymes with -ɪnzi

Where it comes from

From Middle English quinesye, from Old French quinencie, from Medieval Latin quinancia, from Ancient Greek κυνάγχη (kunánkhē, “canine quinsy”), from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “throttle”). Doublet of cynanche.

noun quinsies · quinsey · quinzy

countable, uncountable A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weal throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech.
Similar: angina, squinancy, squinzey, squinzy

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noun painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues

Italiano	squinanzia
Română	anghină, amigdalită, gâlci
Русский	жа́ба žába, анги́на angína

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@misc{quinsy_2026,
  title = {quinsy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quinsy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}