Middle English Dictionary Entry
bolisme n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bolisme n. |
| Etymology | OF & ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Bulimia.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)92a/b : Bolismus is in moderat & vnmesurable, as it were an houndis appetite..Aȝenst þis euel bolismus, hote þing schal be take þat comfortiþ þe stomake.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)278a/b : Houndes haueþ contynual bolysme..and beþ somtyme so punysched wiþ hunger, þat þay waxeþ rabbissh and woode.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bolisme.