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English
Etymology
Compare Old English fiellesēocnes, German Fallsucht.
Noun
falling sickness (uncountable)
- (archaic) Epilepsy.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):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.
Translations
archaic term for “epilepsy”