wortcunning
noun/ˈwɜːtˌkʌnɪŋ/UK/ˈwɝtˌkʌnɪŋ/US
Etymology
From wort + cunning.
Definitions
Knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants and herbs.
- (see title)
- Evidence of the universal belief in wortcunning at this period is found in one of the Proverbs of Alfred.
- Perhaps the oldest word for penis in the English language is tarse, first recorded in an eleventh-century book of wort-cunning, that is, a medical treatise explaining the use of various herbs or worts.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA