Middle English Dictionary Entry
indētermināte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | indētermināte adj. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Unmarked, not specified; (b) uncertain, not choosing between alternatives.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[2.17] 88b : To knowe verreyly the degre of eny sterre, straunge or vnstraunge, after his longitude, thouȝ he be indetermynate in thyn astrelabie, Sothly to the trouth thus it shal be knowe.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)2a/a : For he chesed noȝt & was long & indeterminate [L indeterminatus], he was þe lesse preysed.