a. Obs. In 4 epulentyk, epylentyk, 6 epilentycke. [a. OF. epilentic, ad. late L. epilenticus, epilemticus, Gr. *ἐπιλημπτικός, var. of ἐπιληπτικός: see EPILEPTIC.] = EPILEPTIC.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. iii. (1495), 106. Lunatyk and epulentyk men.
1542. Boorde, Dyetary, xxxii. (1870), 294. Venson, hare-flesshe … be not good for Epilentycke men.
quasi-sb. 1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VII. x. 230. The Epylentyk, that is hym that hathe the fallynge euyll.
Hence † Epilentical a. = EPILEPTICAL.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 409/3. After this machomete fyl ofte be thepylentycal passyon.
