† quitteryadj.
Obsolete.
Of or relating to pus; of the nature of or containing pus.
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festereda1398
quitterya1398
quittorousa1398
festrya1400
purulent?a1425
suppurate?a1425
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 87 Also aboute þe spottil comeþ passiouns, as it fareþ in empticis; in ham þe spattil is quyttery [L. saniosum] & venemous.
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 280 When þat the colour of þe body is..as white, quittry colour [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. purulente; L. purulentus; Fr. plombine] or citrine, it bytokeneþ þat the lyuer and his blood ben corrupte.
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vii. xxix. f. 97/1 In whom the spettle is quitterie & venemous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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