Middle English Dictionary Entry
pū̆trid adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | pū̆trid adj. Also putride, putred, (Latinate) putrida. |
| Etymology | OF putride & L pū̆tridus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Med. Putrid, festering, gangrenous; of a fever: caused by the putrefaction of humors; (b) of dates:?overripe, spoiled.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)89a/a : Somtyme it comeþ of an oþir euel, as of Effumera oþir feuer putrida þat comeþ & gooþ.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27b/b : Þerfor þe membre is made blac, softe, & putred, with stynch of Carioun.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)75b/a : I say þe signez ar greuousnes & heuynez of þe sidez biside þe false costez & putride [Ch.(2): roten; L putridum] spotelle wyþ mych cowhing & þere bigynneþ febers.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)34/12 : At morne..þe emplastre remoued, þer appered aboue ȝe emplastre ful putrid quitour in superflue quantite.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)77/19 : Se þe lech þe egestions, wheþer it be blode or putride flemme..or wormes.
b
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.495 : De Philippo Alberto pro..xxi balis dat putrid..De Philippo Albert pro..xxi balis dates putrid, pr. £. xxviii.