Middle English Dictionary Entry
confabūlāciōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | confabūlāciōn n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Conversation.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)64.163 (v.1:p.402) : I shal haue mynde of .. the insidies and the awaites at hym in his talkyng and in his confabulacion, and the scornes, the illusyons, and of the sharp nayles in his passion.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)134/16 : Consolacions are not as mannes talkinges or confabulacions.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)135/24 : Loue to duelle allone wiþ þiself, seke confabulacions of non oþer, but raþer put oute to god a deuoute praier.