单词 | apophlegmatic |
释义 | † apophlegmaticadj.n. Medicine. Obsolete. A. adj. Promoting the removal of phlegm; expectorant. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > apophlegmatic phlegmagogal1657 phlegmagogic1684 apophlegmatical1706 apophlegmatic1731 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Apophlegmatick Medicine, medicines to be chewed that have the faculty to purge the head and brain of cold phlegmatick humours by the nose, mouth, etc. B. n. (sc. agent.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > apophlegmatic phlegmagogue?a1425 apophlegmatism1606 apophlegmatizer1671 apophlegmatic1726 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. vi. 83 Administer to each of them..Apophlegmaticks. 1880 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon as ‘old term’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.n.1726 |
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