▪ I. † poˈdagre, n.1 Obs.
Forms: 3 poudagre, 4–6 podagre, 4–5 potagre, 5 potacre.
[a. OF. podagre, ad. L. podagra: see podagra. (The popular repr. of podagra in OF. was poacre, pouacre.)]
= podagra.
| c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 424/128 In his fot ane hote goute, Þat poudagre icleopeod is. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 2993 Som sal haf in alle þair lymmes obout, For sleuthe, als þe potagre and þe gout. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. viii. (Bodl. MS.), Gelded men haue not podagre for þei serueþ nought venus. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 411/1 Potacre, or podagre, sekenesse, potagra. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C iij b, When yowre hawkes fete be swollyn she hath the podagre. 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. xv. 337 Good for podagres and aches of ioyntes. |
▪ II. † poˈdagre, a. and n.2 Obs.
Also 4 podagere, 4–5 potagre.
[a. OF. (F.) podagre, a. L. podager, -grum (Ennius), ad. Gr. ποδαγρός adj., pertaining to gout: see podagra.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to gout; suffering from gout, gouty.
| 13.. Cursor M. 11825 (Fairf.) Þe gutte podagre [C. þe potagre, G. podagere, Tr. potagre] es il to bete. c 1422 Hoccleve Jereslaus's Wife 713 Potagre and gowty & halt he was eek. 1433 Lydg. S. Edmund iii. 649 Oon was podagre in handis, leggis, knees. |
B. n. A sufferer from gout.
| 1836 E. Howard R. Reefer xxviii, The port-admiral, for such was the ancient podagre. |