sb. and a. Obs. [ad. med.L. Turonensis (f. Turonēs, later Turonī, Turoniī, a people of ancient Gaul, whence Tours on the Loire took its name), with ending assimilated to OF. torneis (F. tournois TOURNOIS a.).] a. sb. pl. The people or citizens of Tours. b. adj. Of or pertaining to Tours; = TOURNOIS.
The sing. form Turoney employed by Trevisa is irregular. Both Trevisa and the anonymous translator of Higden also employ the Latin ending -ens(e.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VI. 259. He sette and pighte a lettre of gold of þe wight of an hondred pound of Turoneys [v.rr. Turoneyes, -eies]. Ibid. He schal not spende at his comencement passynge þre þowsand of grootes turonens [v.r. turoneies]. Þe groot turoney is somwhat lasse worþy þan an Englische groote, ffor … I have i-fonge in chaunge enlevene grotes turoneys for a duket…. But þere is double manere of money of turoneis [v.r. turoneies], more and lasse [etc.].
