Middle English Dictionary Entry
overcōld adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | overcōld adj. |
| Etymology | From cōld adj. Also cp. OE(WS) ofer-ceald. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Too cold; of medicines: having an excess of the property of coldness; also fig. excessively lacking in human warmth of feeling.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)125/34 : When it happeþ þat flegmone is made ouer colde [*Ch.(1): to mych infrigidate]..þe mater þerof is congeled.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)54/12 : Þe leche..in gederyng of gresses & temperyng & makyng of salue..ordeyneþ þoruȝ grete bifore lokyng & temperyng hem in mesure, þat þei ne be ouerhote ne ouercolde.
- a1500 GRom.(Add 9066)311 : Man in dignyte..gladly the smale correctes; the malefactours conspiren and sayn he is over cold.