noli me tangere n.
(Scot.) venereal disease.
Pennyless Parliament of Thread-bare Poets 38: [to avoid syphilis] Drink every Morning a Draught of Noli me tangere, and, by that Means, thou shalt be sure to escape the Physician’s Purgatory. | ||
Eng. Dict. Pt 1 (2nd edn) n.p.: Noli-me-tangere, The French disease. | ||
Eng. Dict. (1732). | ||
Academy of Armory II 17 430: The Yard is [...] subject to be eaten with the Noli me tangere, or French-pox. | ||
Narrative of Street-Robberies 56: The Poet came in for an After-Share in the imaginary Pleasure, and might get the Noli me tangere into the Bargain. | ||
Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. | ||
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Sl. Dict. | ||
Aus. Sl. Dict. 53: Noli-me-Tangere, a contagious disease. |