Middle English Dictionary Entry
condiment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | condiment n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A pickling fluid; (b) fig. seasoning, spice.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.403 : Rapis make wel to smelle In condyment is now the tyme expresse.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.533 : This moone is maad olyue in condiment.
b
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)109/19 : It bihoueþ þy grace to be nye & to make it sauory wiþ þe condiment of þy wisdom.