Middle English Dictionary Entry
timpanist(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | timpanist(e n. |
| Etymology | AF timpaniste |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= timpanites n.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)163/33 : In tympanyste..it is called of a spumouse mater.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)140 : Yf þe marice be touched, it makith a sowne as it were in a tympanyst..in soche an ydropesie þat is engendred..þorouhg [read: þorough] wynd.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tympaniste.