Middle English Dictionary Entry
toilǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | toilǒus adj. Also toillous. |
| Etymology | From toil n. or toilen v. 2.(a). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Contentious, argumentative.
Associated quotations
- c1450 ABCArist.(Lamb 853)p.261 : T: to toilose [vr. Be not to toyllous] ne to talewijs, for temperaunce is beest.
- c1475(?a1440) Burgh Cato(1) (Rwl C.48)298 : Toil nat ne stryve ith hym that is thi freende. Bewar of that: make nat thi freend thi foo. A toilous man may frenship breke and sheende.