Middle English Dictionary Entry
caliditẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | caliditẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF calidité & ML caliditās. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Heat; esp., pathological heat; (b) heat as a primary quality of fluids, herbs, etc.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)22b/b : Signe þat it [aposteme] is sanied or quitured is akyng & pulsacioun with augmentyng of calidite or hete.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)25a/b : Dolour forsoþ & caliditee of the flegmoned membre bene made cause of reume.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)81b/b : Humidite of þe aier, with calidite [*Ch.(2): hete].
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- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.34v : Aron .. perschith þe tonge & enfectes þe palet & þe cerebre & spirituals & turneth þe cerebre vpsodoun & .. þat is by cause of ouerdone calidite & siccite [Add. 27329, f. 4ra: hete].
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.16vb (1.4) : Þe vryn is rede or redisshe and menly þike. Rede be cause of calidite and þik be cause of humidite, for sanguine complexion makeþ swyche vryn.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.21vb (1.4) : White wyne is moste tempre for it hath moste of humidite & leste of calidite and þerfor it is most humectif and leste desiccatif, i. moste moystand and leste dryand.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. calidity.