单词 | potate |
释义 | † potateadj. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: liquid, liquefied. Silver potate has been interpreted as quicksilver or mercury. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] > drinkable potable?a1425 buvable1480 drinkable1611 potate1612 potulental1620 sorbile1620 poculent1626 potulent1657 potatory1828 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. G2 Eight, nine, ten dayes hence He will be Siluer potate; then, three dayes, Before he citronise: some fifteene dayes, The Magisterium will be perfected. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1612 |
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