Middle English Dictionary Entry
nī̆trọ̄sitẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nī̆trọ̄sitẹ̄ n. Also (error) introsite. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A nitrous quality; bitterness, sourness.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)81a/b : Squamez beþ litele hard superfluitez in bodiez to þe maner of scalez of fishez, gendred about þe vlcere of introsite [read: nitrosite; L nitrositate] of humours.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)84b/b : Þe sanie is turned to introsite [read: nitrosite; Ch.(2): scharpnesse] & malice.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)89b/a : Þe sanie is turned in to nitrosite [Ch.(2): bitternesse; L intrositatem; read: nitrositatem] & vlcerateþ þe place.