Middle English Dictionary Entry
zirbōsāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | zirbōsāl adj. |
| Etymology | ?ML; cp. ME zirbōse adj. & zirbāl(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= zirbose adj.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)25/14 : Þe 7 chapitre of apostemes of þe haunchis…þat is of hernie…for of intestinal and zirbosal [Ch.(2): of hernia intestinali, i. aposteme of þe guttes] he wole seie in 6o terge; Of apostumes… of emerawdis schal be seid…in þe chapitre of soris in 4o.