electuaryn.

/ɪˈlɛktjʊəri/

Forms: 1500s electuarye, electuarie, (Scottish electuar), 1700s electary, Middle English– electuary. See also lectuary n.

Etymology: < late Latin ēlectuārium, ēlectārium (5th cent.), perhaps a corrupt derivative of the synonymous Greek ἐκλεικτόν, < ἐκλείχειν to lick out.

a. A medicinal conserve or paste, consisting of a powder or other ingredient mixed with honey, preserve, or syrup of some kind.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > syrup or linctus > [noun]

lectuary?c1225

electuary1398

syrup1398

lohoch?1543

condite1583

licking-medicine1597

eclegme1606

lincture1621

lambitive1656

lingencea1661

linctus1681

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxxv. 250 The Etyk is holpe..by an electuary that hight Electuarium patris.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. A j With waters dy[styl]lyd, all maner of..electuaryes be myxced.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 114 Spicis..for to mak exquisit electuars.

1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xii. 148 Many simples goe to the making of a soveraigne Electuary.

1751 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic II. 454 The antiscorbutic Electary..is very efficacious in this Disease.

1775 S. Johnson Let. 17 Apr. (1992) II. 200 Make them an electary with honey or treacle.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvi. 326 Raw potato and saur-kraut, pounded with molasses into a damnable electuary.

b. figurative.

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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDvi Electuaries, to preserue them from spyrituall diseases.

1642 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 Some eye-brightning electuary of knowledge, and foresight.

1878 R. W. Emerson Sov. Ethics in Wks. (1906) III. 385 Innocence is a wonderful electuary for purging the eyes.

2. ? Confused with electar, electre n. 2, 3.

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c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cv^v Ane maner of electuar..hewit like gold, and sa attractiue of nature, that it drawis stra.

1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. D This weight serveth to weigh..Gold, Silver, Pearles, and other precious things, as Electuaries and Amber.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	electuary
释义	electuaryn. /ɪˈlɛktjʊəri/ Forms: 1500s electuarye, electuarie, (Scottish electuar), 1700s electary, Middle English– electuary. See also lectuary n. Etymology: < late Latin ēlectuārium, ēlectārium (5th cent.), perhaps a corrupt derivative of the synonymous Greek ἐκλεικτόν, < ἐκλείχειν to lick out. 1. a. A medicinal conserve or paste, consisting of a powder or other ingredient mixed with honey, preserve, or syrup of some kind. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > syrup or linctus > [noun] lectuary?c1225 electuary1398 syrup1398 lohoch?1543 condite1583 licking-medicine1597 eclegme1606 lincture1621 lambitive1656 lingencea1661 linctus1681 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxxv. 250 The Etyk is holpe..by an electuary that hight Electuarium patris. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. A j With waters dy[styl]lyd, all maner of..electuaryes be myxced. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 114 Spicis..for to mak exquisit electuars. 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xii. 148 Many simples goe to the making of a soveraigne Electuary. 1751 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic II. 454 The antiscorbutic Electary..is very efficacious in this Disease. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 17 Apr. (1992) II. 200 Make them an electary with honey or treacle. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvi. 326 Raw potato and saur-kraut, pounded with molasses into a damnable electuary. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDvi Electuaries, to preserue them from spyrituall diseases. 1642 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 Some eye-brightning electuary of knowledge, and foresight. 1878 R. W. Emerson Sov. Ethics in Wks. (1906) III. 385 Innocence is a wonderful electuary for purging the eyes. 2. ? Confused with electar, electre n. 2, 3. ΚΠ c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cv^v Ane maner of electuar..hewit like gold, and sa attractiue of nature, that it drawis stra. 1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. D This weight serveth to weigh..Gold, Silver, Pearles, and other precious things, as Electuaries and Amber. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1398
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