Middle English Dictionary Entry
arēnǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | arēnǒus adj. |
| Etymology | L arēnōs-us sandy. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Containing gritty particles; (b) granular in texture.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/a : [Lepers] haue blode blac, ledy & derke, asshy, arenous i. grauely [*Ch.(2): sondisshe; L arenosum] & trumbose i. cloddy.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/b : Consider he..þe substaunce..of þe blode..Wasshe he it..If it be arenose, granulous & trombose i. cloddy, it is most signe [of lepre].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)147a/a : Signez of þe stone..goyng out of vrine trubilose & arenose [*Ch.(2): sondy] of rede grauel.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8b/b : Glandelous or grauelous or arenous [L nodosa] flesh, as flesh of þe testiclez, of þe pappes, & of þe emunctoriez.