Middle English Dictionary Entry
tī̆rī̆e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | tī̆rī̆e n.(1) Also tiria. |
| Etymology | ML tiria |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A disease characterized by hardening and peeling of the skin, one of the four types of the disease called leprosy.
Associated quotations
- [ (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)423/34 : On maner lepra comeþ of pure malancolye and hatte elephancia..Þe secounde comeþ of melancolye and of flewme, and hatte tiria oþir serpentyna, and haþ þat name of an addre þat hatte tyrus. ]
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110a/b : Humours may be..turned in to melancolie: Elephancie of melancolie, leonine of colre, Tirie [Ch.(2): tyria] of fleume.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tyria.