Middle English Dictionary Entry
sinō̆neme n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sinō̆neme n. Pl. sinō̆nemes, -us, sinō̆nimes. |
| Etymology | L synōnymum & OF sinonime. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A synonym; (b) pl. as name of a book by Isidore of Seville.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)20b/b : It sufficeþ to a Cirurgien for to knowe þat bolnyng, aposteme, inflacioun, ingrossacioun, eminence or bosyng, eleuacioun or reysyng, excrescence or growyng bene namez, synonemez as it war, signifying þe same þing.
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)271 : In Englisch as in Latyn ben wordis synonemus, þat is to seie, manie wordis bitokenynge oo þing, as kirke & chirche.
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)271-2 : If þou þanne seke a text in ony of suche synonemus & if þou fynde it not in oon of hem, loke in a-noþir of hem; Ȝhe loke in alle suche synonemus..til þou fynde þe text wiþ which þe liste mete.
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)272 : Remissioun is ofte maad in þis concordaunce fro such a synoneme til a-noþir.
- a1500 MS Add.27582 in Singer Cat.Alchem.(Add 27582)2.340 : Z: names of synonymys of z ben had in the synonymys of a b c d s m k.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.51 : Isidorus..lefte noble werkes of his labor after hym, as the books of his Ethimologies, De Summo Bono, of the ordre of creatures, sinonymes [Trev.: Sinonima; L Synonyma], and mony oþer þinges.