Middle English Dictionary Entry
Circus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Circus n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Amphitheater [here prob. the Circus Maximus in Rome].
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.3.65 : In the place that highte Circo.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)45 : Circus is a place mad for rennyng of hors.