α. late Middle English euforbe, late Middle English–1600s euphorbe.
β. late Middle English–1500s euforbie.
单词 | euforbe |
释义 | † euforben.α. late Middle English euforbe, late Middle English–1600s euphorbe. β. late Middle English–1500s euforbie. Obsolete. Anglicized form of Euphorbium n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > drastic purgative or emetic > plant-derived purgative or emetic Euphorbiumc1400 euforbe1436 senna1571 bastard senna1597 ipecacuanha1682 yapona1712 Vandellia1797 ipecacuanha lozenge1847 ipecac1855 apomorphia1869 mocha senna1882 1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 173 Wee shulde have no nede to skamonye, Turbit, euforbe, etc. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 16 A litil of euforbie, or turbit, or sambucy. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Qj Water in the whiche is steped and dyssolued the vertue of Euforbie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1436 |
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