Middle English Dictionary Entry
cellūlāte ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | cellūlāte ppl. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Shaped like a cavity; divided into compartments.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/a : Wher þe entrele colon bigynneþ, which is grosse cellulate [*Ch.(2): grete & holowe; L grossum cellulatum], in which þe fecez resceyue þaire fourme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18a/b : Þe fourme of it [matrice] is rounde cellulate [L cellulatis] i. chambred, with 2 hornys or armez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18b/a : Threfoldly cellulate [L cellulatam].