Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palsical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pal-si-cal
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"For this heat doth help the palsical, it restores and preserves the wasted strength of the native heat"

Etymology

From palsy + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: palsy

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more palsical (comparative) most palsical (superlative)

Questions

What does palsical mean?: Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.
Where does palsical come from?: From palsy + -ical.

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