mithridate

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪθrɪdeɪt/    美 /ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.
  2. 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.; Synonym of cure. archaic,broadly,countable,figuratively,historical
    — The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde.
  3. Ellipsis of mithridate mustard. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,obsolete

词形变化

mithridates plural mithridat alternative mithrydate alternative mitridat alternative mitridate alternative mithrydat alternative methridat alternative methridate alternative metridat alternative metridate alternative medridate alternative methredate alternative mythridate alternative

词汇关系

近义词
mithridatium mithridatum mithridaticon mithridate treacle theriac
衍生词
candy mithridate mithridate confection mithridate cress mithridate julep mithridate mustard mithridate pennywort mithridatic

词源

From 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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