Middle English Dictionary Entry
gomorre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gomorre n. |
| Etymology | L gonorrhoea (frequently in ML as gomor(r)ea), perhaps under the influence of gomorrha (the city). But also cp. MF gormorree, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gomorry n. and gomorrea n..
1.
'Discharge of inflammatory secretion (thought to be male or female sperm) from urethra or vagina' [Norri].
Associated quotations
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)261/34 (f.108ra) : When resolucions of Sperme appere in þe vryn, it seiþ þat he or she was late at þe seruise or elles þat in som wise þe sperme passede, oþer þrogh wirkyng wiþ woman, or of passing in slepe thorogh þoght and liking .. in dremyng .. or elles þrogh gomorre.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Ref.: Alph. 71; Demaitre (2013, 312-13); Sinon. Barth.23; Skinner (1961, 195).