Middle English Dictionary Entry
vulgā̆rī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | vulgā̆rī adj. Also vulgori. |
| Etymology | Prob. from L vulgārius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Widespread, popular;
(b) as adv.: in the ordinary sense.
Associated quotations
a
- (1461) Collect.Anglo-Premonst.in RHS ser.3.1045 : Many…secler persounes, heryng the grete sound of the vulgary fame…with all the circumstaunce of confusion, [etc.].
b
- c1460 Chaucer TC (Hrl 1239)4.1513 : Vulgory [vr. vulgary; Corp-C: vulgarly] to speken of substance Of tresour, may we…lede Y-nogh to lyue in honour.