† ˈquartanary, n. and a. Obs.
Also 5 quartenare, 7 -ainary.
[ad. late L. quartānāri-us (in sense A. a): see prec. and -ary.]
A. n. a. One who has a quartan fever or ague. b. = quartan n. rare.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 419/1 Quartenare, or þat hathe þe quarteyne. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 223 Quartanaries..gather much crude humours. |
B. adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, a quartan fever or ague; characterized by quartans.
| 1669 Boyle Contn. New Exp. i. 176 An odd Quartainary Distemper, that I slighted so long, as to give it time to take Root. 1679 Locke Jrnl. 15 Nov. in Bourne Life (1876) I. viii. 451 The constitution of this autumn was intermittent and quartanary, though many of the fevers..were continued and several made so by ill management. |