poplexy
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]poplexy
- apoplexy
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4030-4031:
- The goute lette hir no-thing for to daunce,
Napoplexye shente nat hir heed; [...]- The gout not at all prevented her from dancing,
And apoplexy harmed not her head; [...]
- The gout not at all prevented her from dancing,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4030-4031:
References
[edit]- “poplexy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.