Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinsey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: quin-sey
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of quinsy.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dr. Radcliffe was remarkable for a sudden thought in extraordinary cases: he was once sent for into the country by a gentleman who was dangerously ill of a quinsey."

Usage

Inflected Forms

quinseys (plural)

Questions

What does quinsey mean?: Obsolete form of quinsy.

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