electuary

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
    — ℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.

词形变化

electuaries plural

词源

From Middle English electuarie, eletuarie, electuary, from Latin electuarium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleíkton, “medicine which is licked away”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “to lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”). Doublet of lekvar.
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