Noun: norice
| Sg. | norice |
| Pl. | norices; norice |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Slepynge longe in greet quiete is eek a greet norice to Leccherie (A long and peaceful sleep is also a true encourager of profligacy.) [1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parson's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales:]
Nouns inflected like norice
busshel,
difference,
locuste,
grace,
ounce,
pirie,
wyspe,
stage,
vitaile,
manere,
couple,
cubite,
norice,
perche,
playce,
pater noster,
vessel,
wonder,
game,
lege, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, ultimately from Latin nūtrīx. See: Latin Nouns '
nūtrīx'.
Verbs referencing "norice"
English Nouns
nurse.
Translations