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pituitous, a.|pɪˈtjuːɪtəs|
[ad. L. pītuītōsus: see prec. and -ous: cf. F. pituiteux.]
Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or of the nature of pituita or mucus; mucous; of diseases, etc.: Characterized or caused by excess of mucus.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 102 She emptieth her self of pituitous and flegmatique humors. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 42 Pituitous Affections of the Breast. 1780W. Blizard in Phil. Trans. LXX. 240 A continuation of the pituitous membrane of the nose. 1800J. Hurdis Fav. Village 70 Forth creeps the ling'ring snail; a silvery line..Marks his pituitous and slimy course. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 85 The mucous or pituitous catarrh. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 350.
b. = phlegmatic 1 a and 2.
1658Baxter Saving Faith xii. 88 My pituitous brain and languid spirits. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 63 The Pulse of these pituitous Tempers in general is small. 1836A. Walker Beauty in Woman 284 Montaigne, all of whose passions were so moderate..was truly pituitous.
Hence piˈtuitousness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Pituitousness,..phlegmatickness. |