| 释义 |
† ˈsickman Obs.
[f. sick a. + man n. Now only as two words, and so freq. in ME.]
A man who is ill.
c1340Nominale (Skeat) 216 Homme malade gist en liter, Sikeman lith in hors-bere. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 202 The Prayer of feyth shall hele the sekeman. c1460Play Sacr. 556 By what deuyll dyleth hym so long to tare, A seekman myght soone myscary. c1520Nisbet John xi. 1 Thar was a seekman, Lazarus of Bethanie. 1607Shakes. Cor. i. i. 182 Your Affections are A sickmans Appetite. 1626Bacon Sylva §953 As if you should tell a Servant of a Sicke-man, that his Master shall recover [etc.]. |