Middle English Dictionary Entry
cicer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cicer n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. chiche.
1.
The chickpea.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)189/7 : An oynement maad of farina ciceris.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Kings 17.28 : Fryed gederynge of corns that is clepid cycer [WB(2): chichis].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)38b/b : Þe quantite of a cycer [F pois ciche] or of a bene.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)44a/b : Þe Iuse of cyceres.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)53b/b : Water of ciceres.