quinsy

quinsy is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey.
2. noun. a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis

Common word forms

quinsied, quinsies

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