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eringo

eringo is the alternative spelling of eryngo.

Meaning of eryngo

Noun

eryngo (countable and uncountable, plural eryngos or eryngoes)

  1. (obsolete) The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
    • Let the skie raine Potatoes: let it thunder, to the tune of Greene-ſleeues, haile-kiſſing Comfits, and ſnovv Eringoes: […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. Any other plant of the same genus, Eryngium.
    • For some ordinary broths made of Eringos or Sea-Holme, and Burstwort, which twice or thrice I have swallowed downe at the request of some Ladies, who, more kindely then my disease is unkind, offred me the moity of theirs, have equally seemed unto me as easie to take as unprofitable in operation.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13

Forms of eringo

pluraleringos
pluraleringoes

Questions about eringo

What is eringo the alternative spelling of?
Eringo is the alternative spelling of eryngo.

Words near eringo in the dictionary

  1. erinaceomorphs
  2. erinaceous
  3. erinacine
  4. erinacines
  5. Erindale
  6. eringo
  7. eringoes
  8. eringos
  9. erinite
  10. erinites
  11. Erinome

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