mithridate
Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various…Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
(archaic, broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, uncountable)Synonym of cure.
Mithridat
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From Middle English mitridate and methridat, from Old French mithridat, from Late Latin miFrom Middle English mitridate and methridat, from Old French mithridat, from Late Latin mithridatum and mithridatium, from Latin Mithridātīus (“of or related to Mithridates”), from Mithridātēs + -ius, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), the Greek form of the name of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Doublet of mithridatium, mithridatum, and mithridaticon.
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plural: mithridatesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable