单词 | elephancy |
释义 | † elephancyn. Obsolete. = elephantiasis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis elephantica1492 elephancy1547 elephantiasis1581 hoar-leprosya1616 joint-evil1669 cocobay1788 elephantine leprosy1843 Barbados leg1849 spargosis1867 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lxiv. 279 One manere Lepra comyth of pure Melancoly, and hyght Elephancia. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxviiv Peynfull sykenesse which of myne Auctoure is callyd in Latyne Morbus Elephancie.] 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. li In englyshe it is named the Elephancy, or the Olyphant sicknes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 318 For the leprosie, elephansie, and all gouts or diseases of the ioynts. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden clvi Cancer, Elephancy and foul diseases of the Skin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1547 |
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