单词 | ponticity |
释义 | † ponticityn. Obsolete. Sourness, tartness, astringency. See Pontic adj.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > astringency stypticityc1400 ponticity?a1425 stypticnessc1425 harshnessc1480 stypticalness1528 austerity1634 restringency1659 austereness1668 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 35 Naturale [melancholy] is þe fex & turblenez of gode blode, grosse in substance, declinant..in sapour to ponticite & egrenez [?c1425 Paris sournesse and bitternesse]. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 98 Egrenesse & vnsauournesse, ponticite, stipticite, & acuement. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 391 That Must or newe wyne..dothe get a certain ponticitie or tast lyke wormwood and bynding. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 68 The over acidness or spurious ponticity of the stomachical ferment. 1723 tr. A.-T. Limojon de Saint-Didier Hermetical Triumph 134 Its exuberant Ponticity is the true Character of its Vertue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?a1425 |
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