palsied

[ pawl-zeed ]

adjective

Origin of palsied

First recorded in 1960–65; palsy¹ + -ed³

He sketched it quickly, his hand trembling, giving the drawing an awkward, palsied look.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She raised her languid eyes to her child, but her palsied tongue could speak no word of tenderness.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
I never knew but one man you could trust with a woman, and he was so palsied that a child could push him over.
A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler Harris
And out of the window a white face leaned, And a palsied hand the pale face screened.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
Happily, the little child was to evade that harsher penalty—the unwarranted bitterness and affront of a lingering, palsied age.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine

Raising his hand to tear off the paper, he was amazed to feel a thrill pass through it, and his arm fell palsied at his side.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. Skinner

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