PALSY

I. noun (plural palsies) Etymology: Middle English palesie, alteration of parlesey, from Anglo-French paralisie, from Latin paralysis Date: 14th century paralysis , a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor of the body or a part, II. transitive verb (palsied; ~ing) Date: 1615 to affect with or as if with ~, III. adjective Date: 1951 ~-walsy