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Showing words for QUINSY using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Quinsy

quinsy, squiny

5 Letter Words for Quinsy

quins, squin

4 Letter Words for Quinsy

quin, quis, suni, unis, yins

3 Letter Words for Quinsy

ins, iqs, isn, nis, nus, nys, qis, qui, sin, sny, sui, sun, suq, syn, uni, unq, uns, yin, yis, yus

Definitions for Quinsy

[1] a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
[2] inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues with the formation of abscesses

Words nearby Quinsy

quinquennial, quinquennium, quinquepartite, quinquereme, quinquevalent, quinsy, quint, quint major, quint minor, quint., quinta

Origin of Quinsy

1300–50; Middle English quin(e)sie < Medieval Latin quinancia, Late Latin cynanchē < Greek kynánchē sore throat

Other words from Quinsy

quin·sied , adjective

Word origin for Quinsy

C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin from Greek kunankhē, from kuōn dog + ankhein to strangle