Word of the Day: TUSSICATE

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin tussicus (afflicted with tussis a cough)

EXAMPLE
“…Phisition Mirus talkes of saliuation,
Of Tophes and Pustules, and Febricitation;
Who doth ingurgitate, who tussicate,
And who an vlcer hath inueterate.
Thus while his Inkehorne termes he doth apply,
Euacuated is his ingenie...”

From: Chrestoleros. Seuen Bookes of Epigrames
By Thomas Bastard, 1598