Middle English Dictionary Entry
monoculus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | monoculus adj. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One-eyed; also, as surname; (b) of the caecum or blind gut: open at only one end; as noun: the caecum.
Associated quotations
a
- (1212) CRR(2) 6390 : Simon Monoculus.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)389/4 : He had..loste ane of his een and was made monoculus.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/b : Where bigynneþ monoculus [Ch.(2): one-eyeȝed or blynde gutte; L monoculus] or cecus, for it semeþ for to haue but one hole, þof al it haue 2 riȝt nere togider.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)501/24 : Þe gutte þat is cleped monoculus [*Ch.(1): entrale monaculum; L monaculum intestinum], i. one-eyȝede, falleþ..doun into it.
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- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.2v (1.3) : Al þe remenant..descendeþ doun to a gutt þat is callede..þe wombe sak..Also it is callede monoculus, i. on-eyede, for it haþ but one hole.
Note: Additional quot., sense (b).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. monoculus.