† pituousadj.

Forms: 1600s pituos, 1700s pituous.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pituita n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < pitu- (in pituita n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier pituitous adj.

Obsolete.

= pituitous adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [adjective]

rheumatica1398

phlegmy?c1425

phlegmaticc1503

mucous1578

pituitous1578

rheumy1583

phlegmatical1586

pituous1617

pituitose1710

mucoid1849

mucoidal1849

myxoid1890

1617 [see pituousish adj. at Derivatives].

1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica iv. xxxix. 535 It is an excellent thing for dissolving or melting Coagulated cold pituous Humours.

1723 N. Robinson Compleat Treat. Gravel & Stone (ed. 2) 256 The Elastick Fibres of this Bowel cannot contract themselves with that Vigor necessary for the Expulsion of the pituous Humor, it receives from the Blood.

Derivatives

† pituousish adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 243 In old persons the excrements are of a more pituosish slimie and bloudie substance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pituous
释义	† pituousadj. Forms: 1600s pituos, 1700s pituous. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pituita n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < pitu- (in pituita n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier pituitous adj. Obsolete. = pituitous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [adjective] rheumatica1398 phlegmy?c1425 phlegmaticc1503 mucous1578 pituitous1578 rheumy1583 phlegmatical1586 pituous1617 pituitose1710 mucoid1849 mucoidal1849 myxoid1890 1617 [see pituousish adj. at Derivatives]. 1703 W. Salmon Collectanea Medica iv. xxxix. 535 It is an excellent thing for dissolving or melting Coagulated cold pituous Humours. 1723 N. Robinson Compleat Treat. Gravel & Stone (ed. 2) 256 The Elastick Fibres of this Bowel cannot contract themselves with that Vigor necessary for the Expulsion of the pituous Humor, it receives from the Blood. Derivatives † pituousish adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 243 In old persons the excrements are of a more pituosish slimie and bloudie substance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1617
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