norice

English

Noun

norice (plural norices)

  1. Obsolete form of nurse.

Quotations

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References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for norice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, ultimately from Latin nūtrīx.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nuˈriːs(ə)/, /ˈnur(i)s(ə)/, /noːr-/, /-ʃ(ə)/

Noun

norice (plural norices or norice)

  1. A person (usually a woman) employed to take care of one's children; a nanny.
    1. A person who breastfeeds a child; a wet-nurse.
    2. (rare, Christianity) Mary as the guardian of Jesus.
  2. (by extension) A proponent or engenderer (of a quality, behaviour, etc.)
    • 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parson's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales‎:
      Slepynge longe in greet quiete is eek a greet norice to Leccherie
      A long and peaceful sleep is also a true encourager of profligacy.
  3. An animal or plant as a caretaker of its offspring.
  4. (rare) Nourishment, rearing, raising.
  5. (rare) A provider of religious support or education.

Descendants
  • English: nurse (obsolete norice, nourice, nourse)
  • Scots: nourice, nuirice

References
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