Middle English Dictionary Entry
similẹ̄̆ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | similẹ̄̆ n. |
| Etymology | L simile a parallel case. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An analogy, a simile.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)20.160 : By this simile [vr. similitude]..ich seo an euidence, That ho so synegeþ in þe seynt espirit asoillede worth he neuere.