Middle English Dictionary Entry
rosāt(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rosāt(e adj. |
| Etymology | OF rosat & L rosātus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. roset(e adj.
a.
Med. Containing a distillate of rose petals; mel ~ [see also mel n.(1)(b)]; oile ~, oil of roses, a medicinal oil made by steeping rose petals in olive oil [cp. oile rose (rosete), s.v. oil(e n.1b.(e), & oleum rosacium, s.v. oleum n.(b)]; sugre ~, a mixture of sugar and a distillate of roses; (b) pathol. ~ goute, ?an inflammation of the joints.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)84/29 : I putte to regeneratyuez..licium with mel rosate and puluer of aloes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)84/5 : Some ben largely cleped repercussyues, as þe white of an ey, malue, oyle rosate, [etc.].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)86/26 : In þe firste dayes þe ȝolke of an ay sufficeþ..After..it is to passe to mel rosate.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)90/19 : The local medecynes..Of þe whiche þe firste is oyle rosate.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)95/19 : It suffiseþ to hym a ptisan and zuccara rosata, i. sugre rosate, and almande mylke.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)333/21 : Swage þe fyre with þe white of an aye and wiþ oyle rosate.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)366/27 : Þe rosate, i. rudy, gowte [*Ch.(1): gutta rosacea, i. redegound] makeþ the pacient syker of many noyenges.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. oil rosat.