Middle English Dictionary Entry
drogge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | drogge n. Also drugge, droug. |
| Etymology | OF drogue, ?from Gmc. or Celt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Any medicinal preparation, a drug.
Associated quotations
- [ (1327) *Close R.1 Edw.III I.mem.23 [OD col.] : Novem balas de drogges de spicerie. ]
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.426 : Ful redy hadde he hise apothecaries To sende hym drogges [vr. drugges] and his letuaries.
- a1400 PPl.B (Trin-C B.15.17)14273 [20.173] : Lyf leeved that lechecraft Lette sholde elde, And dryven awey deeth With dyas and drogges [C (Corp-C): drouges].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2696 : Make þi choyse..Whan euery drogge & pot is set a-syde.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)367 : A man may voyde infirmytee Wythoute drugges fet fro beyonde the see.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. drug.