Tisane
/tɪˈzæn/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water.
"Ptisan. A diluent drink which makes a great figure in the dietetic precepts of the ancients."
- 2 infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves wordnet
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More examples"Ptisan. A diluent drink which makes a great figure in the dietetic precepts of the ancients."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman tysanne, Middle French ptisane, tisane (“barley water, medicinal drink”), and their source, Latin tisana, variant of ptisana, from Ancient Greek πτισάνη (ptisánē, “peeled barley, barley gruel”), from πτίσσειν (ptíssein, “to peel, to crush”).