† spermaticaladj.
Obsolete.
1. = spermatic adj. and n. 2.
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spermatical1471
spermatic?1541
spermy1657
spermous1822
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy vi. xviii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 165 Yt thus fro thyng to thyng was alterat..; And so our Mater spermatycall wythin one Glas Wythin hyt selfe must turne fro thyng to thyng.
1655 in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 22 A tender spermatical milk enclosed in a most tender skin.
2. = spermatic adj. and n. 3.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > sperm > derived from
spermatical1562
spermatic1577
1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 22, in Bulwarke of Defence Members, whiche Phisicians call sparmaticall, beyng ones loosed, will not be ioyned again.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 697 Euery Similar part is either Spermaticall or fleshie.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xii. 19 (note) A nerve is a spermaticall part rising from the brain and the pith of the back-bone.
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Introd. All these parts are commonly divided into Spermatical, Sanguine or mixt.
3. Endowed with sperm or semen.
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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. iii. 260 Liber and Libera [gods] of the distillation of seede in all spermaticall creatures.
4. = spermatic adj. and n. 1.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [adjective] > seminal or spermatic ducts
spermatic1541
seminary1592
spermatical1615
seminiferous1828
seminiferal1840
spermatiferous1862
parepididymal1890
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 217 The spermaticall vessels which bring the seede from the whole bodye..are foure.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 837 The left Emulgent also is larger then the right, because of the Spermatical veine which was to arise therefrom.
1621 T. Lodge tr. S. Goulart Learned Summary Poeme of Saluste of Bartas i. 269 The spermaticall, or seede Vessels.
5. = spermatic adj. and n. 4.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > sperm > characteristic of
spermatical1642
spermatic1646
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F4v Both that hight form spermaticall Hath here a share, as also that we term Soul sensitive.
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iv. 309 Like the Spermatical virtue of the Heavens, which spreads it self freely upon this Lower World.
1682 H. More Annot. Lux Orientalis 119 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. We have..reason..to suppose this Vital or Spermatical Law is amongst the rest.
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