| 单词 | french-sick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFrench-sick French-sick adj. (and n.) [compare early modern German französisch (a1541 in this sense in Paracelsus), französisch krank, lit. ‘French sick’ (1654 or earlier)] now historical and rare affected with syphilis (cf. sense A. 4); also used punningly. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [adjective] > syphilis > infected with pockyc1350 French-sick1605 Frenchified1607 pock-rotten1616 poxed1678 Gallican1694 syphilitic1787 pox-fouleda1915 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. in R. Allott Englands Parnassus 380 Who beare vpon their French-sicke backs [Fr. leur corps de verole rongez]..Farmes, Castles, Fees. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 182 Which have made our..idiom so very French-sick..that [etc.]. 2002 Winston-Salem (N. Carolina) Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Jan. b2 As far back as the early 16th century, French pox and the French disease were synonyms for genital herpes, and French-sick was another term for syphilis. < as lemmas |
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