Middle English Dictionary Entry
fistūlǒus, -ōse adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fistūlǒus, -ōse adj. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Porous (stone); (b) med. like a fistula.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.375 : For bildyng better is the harder [stone] myne; The fistulose & softer, let hit goon To couer with.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)32b/b : Excrescencez..Som squamous, fistulous & cancrous, som forsoþ noȝt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)89b/b : Shrewed humours..ar drawe to þe placez & makeþ an vlcere fistulous.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)46b/a : Of a fistulouse aposteme of þe fyngres.