Middle English Dictionary Entry
zimia n.
Entry Info
| Forms | zimia n. Also zima, simia. |
| Etymology | ML zima, zimia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pathol. A pustule caused by phlegm.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)416/27 : In þe same manere a posteme comeþ of fleume and hatte zimia oþur palus, for…in þis posteme is moche superfluite.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)206/5 : An enpostym þat comeþ of fleume is clepid vdimia or zima, & is a neisch enpostym, & þe colour þerof is sumwhat whiȝt.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)102a/a : Of flewme is engenderd ane enpostume þe which is cleped vdimia oþer zimia and it is softe be cause of softenesse of flewme & it is white be cause of whitenesse of flewme.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)25b/21 : Outhir it [rotten phlegm] is in one stede and than makythe it Apostume þat is clepyd symia [L zimia vel vndimia] and his tokens bene theis: it is whit and nesshe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. zimia.