alumenn.

Brit.

/əˈl(j)uːmən/,

/əˈl(j)uːmɛn/, U.S.

/əˈlumən/

Forms: late Middle English– alumen, 1600s 1800s allumen.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alūmen.

Etymology: < classical Latin alūmen alum, of uncertain origin; perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Byzantine Greek ἀλύδοιμος bitter; the ending represents classical Latin -men (see -ment suffix); compare bitūmen bitumen n. Compare earlier alum n.¹

Chiefly Medicine. Now historical.

The mineral alum (alum n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > alum

aluma1398

alumen?a1425

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 123^v (MED) Þat þe herez be wasshed many daiez with lexiue of stock of caulez in which alumen [?c1425 Paris alume] be dissolued.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 102^v (MED) Þis medicyne muste be fortefied and y-holpen wiþ a litil abstercioun as mel or wiþ stipticacioun of Balaustie & alumen.

1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. iii. i. 32 And that corruption, if it haue a coloure tendinge to citrine, or redde: lette it be washed wyth coulde, and stipticke lotions: as the water wherein Alumen hathe beene resolued.

1655 Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 43 A Lotion compounded of vulnerary hearbs gathered in their prime, and decocted with allumen and mel in aqua pura.

1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. I. i. 57 The Surgeon must foment the Tumour with some powerfully discutient Fomentation,..to which, for greater Efficacy, may be added a due Proportion of Sulphur vivum, and Alumen.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 329 If..I oppose transparent chrystallized Alumen to opake derb (unchrystallized) Alumen.

1933 Brit. Mus. Q. 7 122 A cautionary note to the reader directs him to see that the book is washed in ‘alumen’ before binding.

2003 M. Tierra Treating Cancer with Herbs 210 As a powder it [sc. realgar] is mixed with alumen and it can be applied topically.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alumen
释义	alumenn. Brit. /əˈl(j)uːmən/, /əˈl(j)uːmɛn/, U.S. /əˈlumən/ Forms: late Middle English– alumen, 1600s 1800s allumen. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alūmen. Etymology: < classical Latin alūmen alum, of uncertain origin; perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Byzantine Greek ἀλύδοιμος bitter; the ending represents classical Latin -men (see -ment suffix); compare bitūmen bitumen n. Compare earlier alum n.¹ Chiefly Medicine. Now historical. The mineral alum (alum n.¹). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > alum aluma1398 alumen?a1425 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 123^v (MED) Þat þe herez be wasshed many daiez with lexiue of stock of caulez in which alumen [?c1425 Paris alume] be dissolued. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 102^v (MED) Þis medicyne muste be fortefied and y-holpen wiþ a litil abstercioun as mel or wiþ stipticacioun of Balaustie & alumen. 1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. iii. i. 32 And that corruption, if it haue a coloure tendinge to citrine, or redde: lette it be washed wyth coulde, and stipticke lotions: as the water wherein Alumen hathe beene resolued. 1655 Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 43 A Lotion compounded of vulnerary hearbs gathered in their prime, and decocted with allumen and mel in aqua pura. 1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. I. i. 57 The Surgeon must foment the Tumour with some powerfully discutient Fomentation,..to which, for greater Efficacy, may be added a due Proportion of Sulphur vivum, and Alumen. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 329 If..I oppose transparent chrystallized Alumen to opake derb (unchrystallized) Alumen. 1933 Brit. Mus. Q. 7 122 A cautionary note to the reader directs him to see that the book is washed in ‘alumen’ before binding. 2003 M. Tierra Treating Cancer with Herbs 210 As a powder it [sc. realgar] is mixed with alumen and it can be applied topically. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1425
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