Falling sickness
noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Epilepsy. archaic, uncountable
"Casca. He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless. Brutus. 'T is very like: he hath the falling sickness."
Example
More examples"Casca. He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless. Brutus. 'T is very like: he hath the falling sickness."
Etymology
Compare Old English fiellesēocnes, German Fallsucht.