smegmatick

English

Adjective

smegmatick (comparative more smegmatick, superlative most smegmatick)

1. (obsolete) Having a soapy or oily consistency.
   • 1652, A Hermeticall banquet, drest by a spagiricall cook for the better preservation of the microcosme, page 71:

     I sent the Embassadours of my Fansie through every part of the World for Vegetables, Mineralls, Semimineralls, Fukes, Belletti, Smegmatick Secrets, Vnctions, Pomadoes, Waters, any thing that had or might be practized in that nature.

   • 1666, William Austin, Epiloimia epē, or, The anatomy of the pestilence: a poem in three parts, page 90:

     This will extinguish fire of prurient lust,
     And be smegmatick to our scabtous rust.

   • 1688, John Worlidge, Systema horti-culturæ, or, The art of gardening in three books, book 9, chapter 3, section 2, pages 202-203:

     This smegmatick or oily Matter that is left by the Fire, in a moderate proportion applyed to any Earth highly enricheth it […]

Noun

smegmatick (plural smegmaticks)

1. Alternative spelling of smegmatic