Middle English Dictionary Entry
camūs adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | camūs adj. Also cammus(e, camois(e, chamse, cambas. |
| Etymology | OF; some forms influenced by cammed. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. cammed.
1.
Of the nose: turned up, pug, retroussé; ?as surname: the pug-nosed.
Associated quotations
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4437 : Ys browes were boþe rowe and grete, & ys nose cammus.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3934 : Round was his face, and camuse [vrr. kamuse, camoyse, cambas] was his nose.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3974 : This wenche..wel ygrowen was, With camuse [vrr. cammuse, Camois, chamse] nose.