Middle English Dictionary Entry
globọ̄se adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | globọ̄se adj. |
| Etymology | ML; cp. CL globōsus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. globbe.
1.
Large and formless, amorphous; ?lumpy.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)68b/b : Þer went out grosse substaunce globose [*Ch.(2): clompry; L globosa] and medularis & noȝt sanious.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)42b : In the begyning when thow madest all of noughte, A globose matter & darke vnder confusione By the beginner marvelouslye was wroughte, Contayning materiallie all thing without devisione.