letuary
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]letuary
- electuary
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 425-428:
- Ful redy hadde he his apothecaries,
To sende him drogges and his letuaries,
For ech of hem made other for to winne;
Hir frendschipe nas nat newe to biginne.- He had his apothecaries all ready
To send him drugs and his electuaries,
For each of them made the other to profit;
Their friendship was not recently begun.
- He had his apothecaries all ready
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1809-1812:
- And many a letuarie hadde he ful fyn,
Swiche as the cursed monk dan Constantyn
Hath writen in his book de Coitu;
To eten hem alle, he nas no-thing eschu.- And many a very fine aphrodisiac had he,
Such as the cursed monk, Dan Constantine,
Has written in his book Concerning Intercourse;
To eat them all he was not at all averse.
- And many a very fine aphrodisiac had he,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 425-428:
References
[edit]- “letuary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.