Middle English Dictionary Entry
spūmǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | spūmǒus adj. Also spumouse, spumose. |
| Etymology | L spūmōsus; cp. OF spumeux, spumeuse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Full of bubbles, frothy, foamy.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)164/23 : If þe lungis ben hurt..þe blood þat goiþ out of þe wounde wole be spumous & cleer.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)201/22 : Þere is engendrid þere a maner spumous substaunce whanne þe digestioun failiþ heete.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)143/553 : Ȝyf it be unctuous & oylyssh, liquefaccion, meltynge, & wastynge away of membyrs & partyes in þe body; & þe etyk, ȝif spumouse & wystows, froþi & gleymous & byndynge as byrd lyme or syk wykkyde, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)46b/a : In aschite is gadred togider multitude of aquose materie; In tympanite, forsoþ, of spumose [Ch.(2): a spumouse] materie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154a/b : G..commaunded in spumous [Ch.(2): fomy; L spumosis] passionz for to kutte þat is after þe templez.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)468/2091 : Uryn colryk & spumos, & before þat uryn went a whyte, & þare cum a bledynge at þe nese, wykked.
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