eggement

Middle English

Alternative forms

• egment

Etymology

From eggen +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡ(ə)mɛnt/, /ˌɛɡ(ə)ˈmɛnt/

Noun

eggement (uncountable)

1. The process of egging on or enticing; instigation or incitement.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, pages 5240–5279:

     Mother, quod she, and maydenbright Marie, Soth is, that thurgh womannes eggement Mankind was lorne, and damned ay to die

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “eggement, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.