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Featherfew. World English Historical Dictionary

Featherfew. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022. Featherfew Forms: 4 feþerfoy, 5 federfu, fedyrfoy, 6–8 fetherfew, 7– featherfew. [Corrupted var. of FEVERFEW.] The popular name of Pyrethrum Parthenium.

1 c. 1325.  St. Patrick’s Purg., cxlvii. Mint, feþerfoy and eglentere.

2 c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 152/2. Fedyrfu, or fedyrfoy, herbe, febriffuga.

3 1587.  Mascall, Govt. Cattle (1627), 99. If beasts bee sicke yee shall giue them madder, long pepper, the barke of a walnut tree, with fetherfew.

4 1683.  Tryon, Way to Health, 552. Herbs … of a strong bitter Quality, as Wormwood, Featherfew, Tansie, and the like.

5 c. 1759.  Roxb. Ball., VII. 57. Here’s fetherfew, gilliflowers and rue.

6 1863.  R. Prior, Plant-n., Featherfew … the feverfew … from confusion of name with the feather foil. [An erroneous statement.]

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