单词 | piment |
释义 | pimentn. Now rare. 1. A type of wine flavoured with honey and spices, taken for refreshment or used as an ingredient in medicinal recipes. Now archaic and historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > wine mixed with honey piment?c1225 claryc1300 clareta1398 oenomel1568 melitism1656 pigment1819 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 296 Ha ȝeulden him for Piment [a1400 Pepys pyement] of huni luue. eisil of sur nið. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1728 Pyment to drinke and god clare. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 218 (MED) Nevere Pyment ne vernage Was half so swete forto drinke. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 128 Putte al þe remenaunt of þe wiyn wiþ þe spices & hony togidere & stire it wel & clarifie it..þanne take a litil coupe & do þerinne of þis pyment & medle þerwiþ a merueilous pouder þat dionisus hugo vside. c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 760 Wyne of Greke and muscadell, Both clare, pyment, and rochell. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1929) IV. ii. 10887 [They had] Wyne and pymente but sparing Menstraly [etc.]. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 23 He sends her Pyment, Methe, Wafers, and choicest Spices. 1725 C. W. Forbes Let. 6 Apr. in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner (1909) Drink pyment to your meat dashed with strong wine. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 16 The varieties of piment most frequently mentioned are the Hippocras and Clarry. 1845 Southern Literary Messenger Oct. 629/1 A few delicate spices, intermingled with a light and careful hand, would make an agreeable beverage, such as the piment or ypocras of the middle ages. 1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages, Past & Present x. 272 Spiritus pimento, better known as piment, was a compound of wine, honey, and spices. 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iii. xii. 390 They had a brew of piment between them—a mixture of red wine, honey, spices, and whatever else the butler's wife had added. 2003 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 1 Nov. Spiced or ‘cooked’ wines had been drunk for some time in the UK—referred to as ‘piments’ after ‘Pigmentarii’ (the dealers of drugs and spices). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume pimentc1300 odoramentc1384 savouringc1384 odoura1425 aromatica1513 smella1533 fume1541 perfume1542 sweet-water?1543 scent1596 pomander1600 sweets1603 bisse1608 sweet-ball1617 plash1649 suffition1656 essence1661 odoratea1682 otto1822 aroma1830 nosegay1855 foo-foo1880 c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 130 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 466 Min heued..with no-manere Oynement Ne smeredest, with none salue ne with no piement. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lix. 9 Þou..enournedest þee with þe kingis oynement & multepliedest þi pymentis. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3702 (MED) Þe odor o þi uestement, It smelles als o piement. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of long peppereOE garden ginger1526 Guinea pepper1597 Ethiopian pepper1598 chilli1662 pimiento1671 pimento1673 piment1705 capsicum1725 cayenne1756 African pepper1788 paprika1839 Negro pepper1849 Japan pepper1866 shot-pepper1890 chilli powder1898 chile ancho1906 chile mulato1907 Aleppo pepper1920 pasilla1935 mirch1951 pepperoncino1951 shishito1975 chili pepper- 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 305 The last sort of Pepper called here Piement, and in Europe Spanish Pepper, grows here in abundance. Categories » 4. Mahoe piment: see mahoe n.1 Compounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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