† pulicaryadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pulicaris.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pulicaris of or resembling a flea, relating to fleawort (c400; also in herba pulicaris fleawort, psyllium (5th cent.); compare pulicare fleawort (301)) < classical Latin pūlic- , pūlex flea (see pulicine adj.) + -āris -ary suffix². Compare (with different suffix: see pulicarious adj.) post-classical Latin pulicaria (c400), herba pulicaria fleawort (5th cent.), French pulicaire fleabane (1784; earlier in sense ‘psyllium’ (15th cent. in Middle French); compare Old French erbe policaire psyllium (end of 11th cent. in Rashi)). Compare slightly earlier pulicine adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Resembling a flea. Cf. pulicine adj.In quot. 1657: having seeds resembling fleas. Cf. psyllium n.

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1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Aaa^v Psyllium is a pulicary hearb [L. herba pulicaris] so called from..its seed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pulicary
释义	† pulicaryadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pulicaris. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pulicaris of or resembling a flea, relating to fleawort (c400; also in herba pulicaris fleawort, psyllium (5th cent.); compare pulicare fleawort (301)) < classical Latin pūlic- , pūlex flea (see pulicine adj.) + -āris -ary suffix². Compare (with different suffix: see pulicarious adj.) post-classical Latin pulicaria (c400), herba pulicaria fleawort (5th cent.), French pulicaire fleabane (1784; earlier in sense ‘psyllium’ (15th cent. in Middle French); compare Old French erbe policaire psyllium (end of 11th cent. in Rashi)). Compare slightly earlier pulicine adj. Obsolete. rare. Resembling a flea. Cf. pulicine adj.In quot. 1657: having seeds resembling fleas. Cf. psyllium n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [adjective] pulicine1656 pulicary1657 siphonapteran1941 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Aaa^v Psyllium is a pulicary hearb [L. herba pulicaris] so called from..its seed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1657
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