Middle English Dictionary Entry
relicte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | relicte adj. |
| Etymology | L relictus, p.ppl. of relinquere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Left undisturbed or untouched.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)10.199 : A vyne whos fruyt humour wol putrifie, Pampyned is to be by euery side, Relicte [L seruanda] on hit oonly the croppis hie.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)140/27 : Nature..is now sette for vice & infirmite..in asmuche as his mevinge, lafte & relicte to himself [L sibi relictus], drawiþ euere to euel & to lowe þinges.