farcy

English

Alternative forms

• farcin (obsolete)

Etymology

From French farcin, from Latin farcīminum (“a disease of horses”), from farciō (“to stuff, to fill”). See farce.

Noun

farcy (countable and uncountable, plural farcies)

1. The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.

Derived terms

• farcical (obsolete)
• farcied
• farcinous
• farcy bud
• pseudofarcy