Middle English Dictionary Entry
ficāl adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ficāl adj. & n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fike.
1.
Med. Of a skin eruption: fig-shaped, roundish.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)30a/b : Millefolium & peritoria..bene best to bothorale or ficale [*Chauliac(2) fygely; L ficalem].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)30a/a : Þai ar sene to be pusclez, ficalez [*Ch.(2): lyke figes; L ficales]..to þe maner of a fic or a bud or a cloustir of grapez.