milt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɪlt/
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Etymology
From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.
Meanings
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(countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
Cancer, or the Crab, commandeth the Stomach, Limbs, Arteries, Milt, Liver and Gall.
1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 19:Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt, another in the braine[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) The semen of a male fish.
- (countable, uncountable) The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| milts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
milter · milt-grown · milt-sick · miltwaste · milt-sickness · milt-pain · milting · milt-like · milty · milt-wort
Relateds
Synonyms
spleen (spleen) · lien (spleen) · white roe (fish semen) · soft roe (fish semen)
Translations (40)
fr laite (fish semen) · nl hom (fish semen) · tr balık sütü (fish semen) · taa xetht'a' (fish semen) · ko 이리 (fish semen) · sh млије̑ч (fish semen) · sh мле̑ч (fish semen) · sh mlijȇč (fish semen) · ca llet de peix (fish semen) · fi maiti (fish semen) · ga lábán (fish semen) · gd mealg (fish semen) · sv mjölke (fish semen) · is svil (fish semen) · izh niiska (fish semen) · de Milch (fish semen) · cy poten (fish semen) · vo fitanögem (fish semen) · ru моло́ка (fish semen) · bg млечник (fish semen) · pt láctea (fish semen) · fr laitance (fish semen) · ja 白子 (fish semen) · cmn 魚白 /鱼白 (fish semen) · ga péire (fish semen) · de Fischmilch (fish semen) · sh mlȇč (fish semen) · hu haltej (fish semen) · it lattume (fish semen) · fo sil (fish semen) · es lecha (fish semen) · cs mlíčí (fish semen) · io laktumo (fish semen) · pt leita (fish semen) · ru моло́ки (fish semen) · pl mlecz (fish semen) · cy lleithon (fish semen) · tr süt (fish semen) · mi huatea (fish semen) · fo mjálki (fish semen)