medicinable
UK/məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/
medicinable adjective: medicinal; having healing properties.
Adjective
medicinable (comparative more medicinable, superlative most medicinable)
- Medicinal; having healing properties.
- 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 [translating medecinal] effect, whensoever he falleth into it.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- 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.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...
Forms of medicinable
| comparative | more medicinable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most medicinable |
Origin of medicinable
From Anglo-Norman medicinable, Middle French medicinable, or their source, Late Latin medicinabilis, from Latin medicīna.
Words formed from medicinable
Questions about medicinable
- What does medicinable mean?
- Medicinable means medicinal; having healing properties.
- What part of speech is medicinable?
- Medicinable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce medicinable?
- Medicinable is pronounced /məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near medicinable in the dictionary
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