Associations to the word «Quinsy»
Wiktionary
QUINSY, noun. (pathology) 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.
Dictionary definition
QUINSY, noun. A painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.