† ˈpoplesy, ˈpoplexy Obs. Chiefly Sc.
[Aphetic form of apoplexy. So obs. Du. popelcye (Plantin).]
= apoplexy.
| c 1386 Chaucer Nun's Pr. T. 21 (Harl. MS.) The goute lette hir no þing for to daunce Ne poplexie schente not hir heed. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xxviii. 110 The gowte or the poplesie. c 1500 Rowlis Cursing 43 in Laing Anc. Poet. Scot. 212 Pouertie, pestilence or poplecy. a 1585 Montgomerie Flyting 322 The painfull poplesie and pest. |