lambative

English

Etymology

Latin lambō (“I lick, lap”).

Adjective

lambative (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Syrups and lambitive medicines.

Noun

lambative (plural lambatives)

1. (archaic) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     advising a Lambative of album

References

“lambative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.