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Mithridate

//ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt// noun

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Noun

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, uncountable
"The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde."
3
Ellipsis of mithridate mustard. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, obsolete, rare, uncountable

Etymology

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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