Middle English Dictionary Entry
medicāment(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | medicāment(e n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Medical skill; medical treatment; (b) a medicinal compound.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)582 : How dothe your pa[c]yent That ye had last vnder yowr medycament?
- 1558(?a1449) ?Lydg.Plague (Add 29729)5 : Nor Esculapius, for all his medicament, Coulde nevar make in all his lyves space Medecene lyke to the lord omnipotent.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1110 : Other take Her scions fild with this medicament [theriac].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. medicament.