Middle English Dictionary Entry
ventōsitẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ventōsitẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | From OF ventoseté, ventosité & L ventōsitas, -tātis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ventuosite n.
1.
Pathol. (a) A condition of gaseous pressure in the body, esp. of the ear or of the alimentary canal; an accumulation of gas in a bodily cavity or organ, flatulence; also, gas generated within the body, often in the alimentary canal;
(b) a morbid bodily swelling or distention produced by gas;
(c) ?error for unctuosite n. [1st quot.]; also, ?error for venenosite n. [quots. may belong to (a)].
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.24rb : Of basilicon of þe water sey Serapion & Diascorid': .. It nescheth þe wombe, it gendreth ventosite, & maketh to pisse.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)115/1 : Somtyme it [hearing] is ilet by wynde and grete ventosite iclosed in pores of þe senewes of heringe and [read: as] in hem þat semeþ þat þey hereþ pipes and bellis.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)367/32 : In eres, ryngynge þat comeþ of ventosite schal be holpe wiþ þinges þat distroyeþ ventositees, as wiþ anneys, calament, and origanum.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1251/28 : Gres, herbes, and corne…bredeþ ventosite as…pesen and benen.
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)51 : For wynd and ventosite that men callis collica passio.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)77/603 : Because of gret ventosite, id est of gret wynd & hurlynge & distemperynge in þe body, þe uryn is gros & thyk & disturbyld.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)308/4323 : Spumosite o there lunges may be caused…of ventosyte about þe lungys.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)102a/b : Þer cummeþ a bocche oþer while of ventosite be cause þat grete colde mater…is not consumed.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)14/19 : A leche owe to be circumspecte in his askyngis, þat he enquere bisily of þe pacient if he fele ony tyme ventositez or egestionz go out by þe holes of þe fistule.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)472/3 : If it [sickness of the ear] be of ventositee [L ventositate], i. wyndenesse, it is wiþ sowne and wiþ gynlynge.
- c1450 Bod.483 Herbal (Bod 483)99/369 : Hyt [smallage] ys gode…for þe fever yn þe stomake and for all maner swellyng and the ventosyte ther-off.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)37b/a : Mirac was ordeyned for it schulde helpen þe expulsioun of ventosite and of dritt and of pisse and in wommen for þe expulsioun of þe child.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)149/21 : Rydyng or walkyng…excludyth and puttyth a-wey ventosyteis.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.102 : Þe saphir abateþ bolnynges & swellynges of postomes…for he putteþ þe myȝt of ventosite & þe malice of þe postom.
b
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.75/12 : Cause…of sich ventositeez [Ch.(2): wyndy apostemes]…is feblenez of hete in fleumatic materie disposed to it.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)112/26 : In case…þat soche a ventosite were fumose, euel, and corrupte…perse it in þe myddel wiþ a rasoure…so þat it goo oute.
c
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1183/28 : Stronge hete consumeþ and wasteþ in him in to ventosite [L unctuositatem; vr. ventositatem] and al fatnesse and suffreþ him nought to ben ouercharged with moche fleisshe and fatnesse.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)80/28 : Tokene þat it [aposteme] schal falle aȝen, sodeyne dymynucioun…by colynge or for ventosite [Ch.(1): venenositee; L venenositatem], to þe whiche feueres folwen.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ventosity.