Middle English Dictionary Entry
neutrāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | neutrāl adj. |
| Etymology | L neutrālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Neutral, composed of contrasting elements which, in proper proportion, neutralize each other; (b) as noun: one who has a neutral opinion, the nickname of a Lollard sect.
Associated quotations
a
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)65a : Remember how man is moste noble creature In compositione erthy that ever god made, In whome is of the four elementes proporcione by nature A neuterall [vr. newtriall] mercurialytie which costeth right nought.
b
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)87 : Ȝe Bible men..summe of ȝou ben clepid Doctour-mongers, and summe ben clepid Opinioun-holders, and summe ben Neutralis, that of so presumptuose a cisme abhominacioun..it is to heere.