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6. FINDINGS<br />

vigilies, which may be obscure for the reader, but also the hybrid nominalizations<br />

ventilating and attracting, which must already have been integrated in the language, given<br />

that their Romance bases are employed in the creation of a formation with the native –ing<br />

suffix. Nevertheless, the author prefers to leave no room for doubt, and hence introduces a<br />

native equivalent. 21<br />

Instance (218) illustrates in turn how some of the Romance<br />

nominalizations already known to the audience are also used to clarify the meaning of<br />

those Romance words with a more obscure meaning. So, diminution and extenuation are<br />

used in the definition of a true and false Marasmus. We might also note that the author<br />

decides to give a native equivalent for extenuation, since this Romance term may itself<br />

have been obscure for his audience.<br />

(217) Add hereunto the continual vigilies (overwaking, or want of<br />

sleep,) melancholique, sorry, dull, lingring passions, the said<br />

Hypochondriack patient is præcipitated (forced) into, whereby the<br />

spirits being rendred dull, stupid, languid (fainting), and<br />

suppressed, are deserted (left) incapable of ventilating (breathing)<br />

and purifying the blood, and debilitated (weakened) in attracting<br />

(drawing) nutriment for the parts, which consequently must wither<br />

and shrink. (E3 1666 Harvey Morbus anglicus Academic)<br />

(218) A Marasmus is otherwise distinguish’d into true and false. The<br />

former is an equal diminution of all the parts of the body; the<br />

latter is an extenuation (shrinking) of a single part only. (E3 1666<br />

Harvey Morbus anglicus Academic)<br />

As pointed out in sections 6.1.4 and 6.2.2 above, both native and Romance bases<br />

combine with the –ing suffix (e.g. swimming, curing), whereas hybrids formed from native<br />

21 The same technique of clarification is applied to foreign adjectives such as præecipitated, languid,<br />

deserted or debilitated, although these fall outside the scope of this study.<br />

221

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