smegmatick

comparative more smegmatick · superlative most smegmatick

1. obsoleteHaving a soapy or oily consistency.

   This will extinguish fire of prurient lust, And be smegmatick to our scabtous rust.

   1666, William Austin, Epiloimia epē, or, The anatomy of the pestilence: a poem in three parts, page 90

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   I sent the Embassadours of my Fansie through every part of the World for Vegetables, Mineralls, Semimineralls, Fukes, Belletti, Smegmatick Secrets, Vnctions, Pomadoes, Waters, any thing that had or might be practized in that nature.

   1652, A Hermeticall banquet, drest by a spagiricall cook for the better preservation of the microcosme, page 71

   This smegmatick or oily Matter that is left by the Fire, in a moderate proportion applyed to any Earth highly enricheth it[…]

   1688, John Worlidge, Systema horti-culturæ, or, The art of gardening in three books, book 9, chapter 3, section 2, pages 202-203

plural smegmaticks

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of smegmatic.