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meretricalis

meretricalis [ML], ~ialis 1 of a prostitute, whorish. b (herba ~is or ellipt. as sb.) kind of plant (v. et. meretricaria, meretrix 2d). epicroculum, pallium ~ale, quasi supertinctum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 201; meretricius, ~ialis Ib. 361; matrona in veste ~ali repudiata non potest injuriarum agere Wycl. Ver. III 67.  b si ‥ volueris rubefacere faciem radas brasilii lignum in testa ovi ‥. radix ‥ ~alis satis est competens Gilb. III 167v. 1. 2 who patronizes a prostitute. jam meretricalis potius quam vir monachalis / promeruit dici Nig. Mir. BVM 1039. 3 meretricious. est meretricalis certantibus ultio talis D. Bec. 687; verba ‥ quibus ‥ litteralem aut potius ~alem destruas intellectum ‘osculatur me osculo oris sui ‥’ P. Blois Opusc. 866B.

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