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English
Noun
dulcor (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of dulcour
1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: , Dort: Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.
1607, I C, The Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough. Containing the Godly and Spirituall Husbandrie. Wherein Euery Christian Ought to be Exercised, for the Happie Encrease of Fruite, to Eternall Life., London: Thomas Creede, page 164:Honie in thankſgiuing, ſweetning the minde with the dulcor of diuine benefites: […]
1675, Gideon Harvey, The Disease of London: or A New Discovery of the Scorvey. , London: T. James, for W. Thackery, page 90:By the way, you muſt not apprehend the Blood to decline to the ſame Degree of Acidity Vinegar is of; for that muſt neceſſarily Infer a Total extinction of the Dogmatick Innate and Influent heat; but that it only recedes from its Dulcor and Sweetneſs, to a Crude Auſterity and ſome ſmall Acidity.
Latin
Etymology
From dulcis (“sweet”) + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
dulcor m (genitive dulcōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) sweetness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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References
- “dulcor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dulcor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dulcor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.