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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French basilicoc, extension of basilique.
Pronunciation
Noun
basilicok
- (rare) basilisk
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson’s Tale:
The first fingre is the foole loking of the foole woman and of the foole man, that sleth right as the basilicok sleth folk by venime of his sight: for the coveitise of the eyen foloweth the coveitise of the herte.- The first finger is the foolish looking of the foolish woman and of the foolish man; that slays just as the basilisk slays folk by the venom of his sight, for the covetousness of the eyes follows the covetousness of the heart.
- Synonyms: basilicke, cocatrice
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