| 单词 | queen's evil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen's evil queen's evil n. now historical scrofula (cf. earlier king's evil n.); also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > scrofula king's evila1387 scrofulac1400 escroeles1483 swine's evil1528 strume1559 struma1565 queen's evil1584 evila1616 crewels1660 royal evila1678 scrofulosis1860 scrofulide1864 scrofulodermia1899 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xiv. 244 To heale the Kings or Queenes euill, or any other sorenesse in the throte..touch the place with the hand of one that died an vntimelie death. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 58 For the Queenes euill [margin The Kinges euill]. 1870 Times 14 Jan. 10/3 He was afraid that Mr. Bright, having basked in the sunshine of Royalty, had caught the Queen's evil, or been inoculated by the flunkeys surrounding the Throne. 1999 S. E. Whyman Sociability & Power in Late-Stuart Eng. 169 After the 1710 election, almost every letter requested favours: land tax and excise offices, military commissions, benefices, and touching for the Queen's evil. < as lemmas |
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