单词 | potulent |
释义 | † potulentadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Drunken; given to or characterized by drinking. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] bibbling1565 tippling1567 bousing1569 bibbing1594 stiff1594 upsy Dutch1612 bezzling1617 fuddling1654 potulent1656 toping1668 groggy1770 Bacchant1800 three-bottle1806 swilly1824 potatory1834 two-bottle1855 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Potulent,..half drunk. 1708 Brit. Apollo 16–18 June And Leave this potulent Profession. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Potulent, pretty much in Drink. [Also in later dictionaries.]] 2. Fit to be drunk; potable, drinkable. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] > drinkable potable?a1425 buvable1480 drinkable1611 potate1612 potulental1620 sorbile1620 poculent1626 potulent1657 potatory1828 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. X4 Potulent decoctions [L. Potulenta si-quidem decoctione]..are neither safe, nor gratefull. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 179 Although they be troubled with thirst..yet they can bear no sort of potulent matter. 1751 E. F. Geoffroy New Treat. Brit. & Foreign Veg. vii. 426 Incisions being made into its Trunk, Branches or Roots, a sweet potulent Juice flows plentifully from them. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Potulent..fit to drink.] B. n. Something which can be drunk.In N. E. D. (1907) quot. 1656 was interpreted as illustrating A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] drencha800 drunka800 drinkc888 wetec897 liquor1340 beveragec1400 bever?1453 pitcher-meat1551 bum1570 pot1583 nin1611 sorbition1623 potablesa1625 potion1634 refreshment1639 potulent1656 sorbicle1657 pote1694 drinkable1708 potation1742 rinfresco1745 sup1782 bouvragea1815 potatory1834 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Potulent, any thing that may be drunk. 1671 G. Thomson Μισοχυμὶας Ἔλεγχου 17 Loathsome exhalations lurking in its magnale or porosities, arising from the influence of the Cœlestial Luminaries; unwholsome Esculents or Potulents. 1715 J. Floyer et al. Ψυχρολουσια (ed. 4) App. 433 Water is..sufficient to subsist us as a Potulent. 1782 J. Stewart Plocacosmos ii. 122 Food is of two kinds, viz. esculents, or meat; and potulents, or drink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.n.1656 |
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