lauriol
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French laureole, from Latin laureola.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlauriol
- spurge laurel
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Of wormes, er ye take your laxatyves,
Of lauriol, centaure, and fumetere- (please add an English translation of this quotation)