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单词 pilule
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pilulen.int.

Brit. /ˈpɪljuːl/, U.S. /ˈpɪlˌjul/
Forms: Middle English pillula, Middle English (1500s Scottish) 1800s– pilule, Middle English–1600s 1800s– pillule.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pillule; Latin pilula.
Etymology: < Middle French pillule (see pill n.3) and its etymon classical Latin pilula pill n.3Latin pilula also occurs in English contexts in borrowed post-classical Latin phrases:a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 140 I comaundide him to take pilulas chochias for to resolue bi euaciacioun þe matere þat Igaderide togidere in þe heed bi þilke fallinge.1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iv. xii. 197 The pilles that are called piluli rufi or pestilentiales, or els communes.1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 138 The Opiates of the Ancients which were most noted are Pilula de Cynoglossa (Pill of Dogs-tongue) Requies Nicolai, and Philonium.
A pill; a small pill; (in later use) esp. a homeopathic one. Also figurative. Also in plural as int., expressing exasperation (obsolete).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > pill > small pill
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pillock1570
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the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > exclamation expressing anger [interjection]
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 85v To clense þe nose þrilles helpiþ pillule diacastorie [L. pillule diacastoree] with þe iuce of rewe.
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 112 Make pillules þerof & when þat it is nede, dissolue one of hem in water of rose & putte in þe yȝe.
?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 113 (MED) These pillules..avaylen ayene artitikys, podagre, sciatikys.
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 25v/2 The dose or geuynge of these pillules is [etc.] according to ye strength of ye patient.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pilules, pillules, or as we call them pilles.
1661 H. Blair Gods Soveraignty 18 If golden pillules can cure the desperat and deadly disease of treason [etc.].
1853 J. Laurie Elem. Homœopathic Pract. Physic 906 One drop, or twenty pilules of the sixth potency may be dissolved in six or eight spoonsful of water.
1873 Times 26 Mar. 15/1 H. and T. Kirby and Co. now prepare this valuable nerve tonic in the form of pearl-coated, tasteless pilules.
1889 E. Dowson Let. 10 May (1967) 77 Pilules! What in Heaven's name do they mean!
1890 E. Dowson Let. 12 Jan. (1967) 131 Excuse these pilules—but I warned you that I had absolutely nothing to say.
1904 M. E. Durham Through Lands of Serb xviii. 345 It has got beyond pillules and homœopathic doses.
1960 L. P. Hartley Facial Justice xxx. 250 At the thought of ‘then’ her throat contracted and would hardly let the pilule pass.
2000 Here's Health May 85/1 Give one pillule twice daily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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