medicinable

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman medicinable, Middle French medicinable, or their source, Late Latin medicinabilis, from Latin medicīna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/

Adjective

medicinable (comparative more medicinable, superlative most medicinable)

1. (archaic) Medicinal; having healing properties. [from 14th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.12:

     hee by his lawes, inhibiteth […] the perswasion, that any evill may come unto man from the Gods, except for his greater good, and for a medicinable [transl. medecinal] effect, whensoever he falleth into it.

   • 1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, Act V, scene ii, page 338:

     I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.

Anagrams

• indecimable

Adjective

medicinable m, f (plural medicinables)

1. medicinal; that functions as a medicine

Adjective

medicinable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular medicinable)

1. medicinal; that functions as a medicine