different between basilicon vs basilicok

English

Alternative forms

• basilicum

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ????????? (basilikón) (also in the form basilicum, via the Latin basilicum), the neuter form of ????????? (basilikós, “royal”) (basilicus in Latin), understood as in the phrase ????????? ???????? (basilikón phármakon, “royal drug”).

Noun

basilicon (usually uncountable, plural basilicons)

1. (archaic, medicine) Any of various ointments believed to have “sovereign” virtues.

Further reading

• basilicon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Alternative forms

• baselycoc

Etymology

From Old French basilicoc, extension of basilique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basili?k?k/

Noun

basilicok

1. (rare) basilisk
   • 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson’s Tale:

     The first fingre is the foole loking of the foole woman and of the foole man, that sleth right as the basilicok sleth folk by venime of his sight: for the coveitise of the eyen foloweth the coveitise of the herte.

     The first finger [of the devil’s hand] is the foolish looking of the foolish woman and of the foolish man; that slays just as the basilisk slays folk by the venom of his sight, for the covetousness of the eyes follows the covetousness of the heart.

   Synonyms: basilicke, cocatrice

References

• “basilicok, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.