† ˈmarcid, a. Obs.
[ad. L. marcid-us, withered, f. marcē-re to wither.]
1. a. Withered, wasted, decayed, rotten. b. Weak, feeble, exhausted.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Marcid, withered, rotten, feeble, lither. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 503 Poppies heads..must be cocted till they be flaccid and marcid. 1693 Bowles in Dryden's Juvenal v. (1697) 101 He on his own Fish pours the noblest Oil..That to your marcid dying Herbs assign'd, By the rank smell and taste betrays its Kind. 1822 T. Taylor Apuleius 85 She dismissed her marcid eyes [L. marcentes oculos] to sleep. Ibid. 260 Sleep surrounding me, again oppressed my marcid mind [L. marcentem animum]. |
2. marcid fever: a fever that causes wasting.
| 1666 Harvey Morb. Angl. ii. (1672) 6 The softer and moister parts being thus melted away, the Febril heat continuing its adustion upon the dryer fleshy parts, changes into a Marcid Feaver. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 814 In Hectick and other marcid..Fevers, Venesection is to be rejected. |