cacochymicadj.n.
/kakəʊˈkɪmɪk/ archaic.
A. adj.
Having unhealthy or depraved humours; ill-humoured (in body).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts > of humours
humoral?a1425
humorous?a1425
cacochymic?1541
burnt1578
cacochymical1606
cacochyme1614
ill-tempereda1616
ebullient1620
sulphureous1625
cacochymious1676
dyscratic1684
dyscrasial1874
dyscrasic1874
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Oiiv In cacochymyke bodyes and replete.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iii. 34 His bodie [was] plethoricke and cacochymicke.
1665 R. Kephale Medela Pestilentiæ 71 If Cacochimick..he must be well purged.
1852 T. Thompson Ann. Influenza 4 A pale cacco-chimic and depraved countenance.
B. n.
An ‘ill-humoured’ person.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > full of evil humours
cacochymic1569
cacochymist1684
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 158 Made now of Alcumistes, Cacochimickes, of Phisitions, pewterers.
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adj.n.?1541