English

Noun

falling sickness ‎(uncountable)

1. (archaic) Epilepsy.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Blackie and Son Limited (1908), page 31:

     Casca. He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless.

     Bru. 'T is very like: he hath the falling sickness.