Double-Entendre and the Doctour of Phisik.
- Author / Editor
- Grennen, Joseph E.
Double-Entendre and the Doctour of Phisik.
- Published
- American Notes and Queries 1 (1963): 131-32.
- Description
- Suggests that "esy of dispence" in the GP description of the Physician (1.431) means not only "slow to spend money," but also "moderate in prescribing remedies," or perhaps that he prescribes palatable medicines.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Physician and His Tale
Language and Word Studies