Middle English Dictionary Entry
cammed adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cammed adj. Also cambid, (error) cannibe. |
| Etymology | Cp. Ir., Wel. cam crooked, OIr. camm; meaning influenced by ME camus . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. camus.
1.
(a) Pug-nosed; of the nose: turned up, pug, retroussé; (b) curved.
Associated quotations
- c1430 Chaucer CT.Rv.(Cmb Gg.4.27)A.3934 : Round was hese face, & kammede [vrr. cammed, camhed, camuse] was hese nose.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)59 : Cammyd, or schort nosyd: Simus.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)135/1 : And qwan thei [i.e. the nostrils] turne vpward, that ys a cambyd nose, yt sygnyffyith lecchery.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2623 : He that hath the nature that is vnkouth, Cammyd nose, bore in north or south..Is sone wroth, hoot and hasty.
- c1450 Swarte smekyd (Arun 292)5 : Þe cammede kongons cryen after col, col, And blowen here bellewys.
- c1470 Chaucer CT.Rv.(Eg 2864)A.3974 : Camhed [Heng: With camuse nose].
b
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)1.1157 : Showe forth also the cannibe knyves lite [L cultellos..curvos minores], In plantes yonge a branch awaie to take.