Middle English Dictionary Entry
plectōrik adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | plectōrik adj. Also plettorik. |
| Etymology | ML plectōricus, plēthōricus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Swollen, plethoric; -- also as noun: swelling, plethora.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)80b/b : Þe body is plectorik [L plectorica] & replete; þe place is som del to swolle wiþ stepe yȝen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)23a/b : When, forsoþ, þe humours ar eked to þam self togider & makeþ plectoric, i. replete [Ch.(2): þe plectorie, i. swellynge], it is cured..by takyng a way of blode.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)37b/a : Þingez put in þe eie addeþ in gendryng of obtalmie most when þai mete in a body plectoric.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)153a/a : Fleobotomye forsoþ is a comon helpyng of plectoric sikenez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)64/1 : Of þe pacientz emoroidez or menstruez beyng plettorike [L pletharico, i. pleno sanguine].
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)72/18 : If..þe bodye be plettorik, be þer made fleobotomye.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)109/6 : If he be plectorik, i. fulle, he schall mowe open louyngly þe vayne.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)110b/a : If þe bodi be plectorik and þe pacient myȝti of vertu, he schal be laten blood.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.65vb (2.8) : Item, be cause of þe palsy of þe vesie, os it falleþ often tyme in folk þat is elde & feble, & also in folk þat is plectoric, i. fat folke, & in folk þat ar mykel fleumatic and disposede to þe palsi.
Note: Additional quot. Editor's gloss: 'plethoric, having an excess of a bodily humour or substance (e.g., blood, flesh, etc.)'.