It is long since that disorderly potentate [the Lord of Misrule] went the way of the Dodo, and hippocras has become almost as mythical as ambrosia; but, once upon a time, they played a prominent part in legal education.
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Hippocras
//ˈhɪ.pəʊ.kɹæs//
Synonyms for "hippocras"
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8 translations across 6 languages.
French
1 entries- hypocras noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
German
2 entries- Hypocras noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
- Ypocras noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
Italian
2 entries- ipocrasso noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
- ippocrasso noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
Polish
1 entries- hipokras noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipocraz noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
Russian
1 entries- гипокра́с noun (cordial made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices)
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Spiced wine, sweetened with sugar or honey, perhaps the original of the modern liqueur, was employed occasionally under the name of hippocras.
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