† melicraten.

Forms: late Middle English mellicratum, late Middle English mellicratus, late Middle English–1500s mellicrate, 1500s melicrat, 1500s melicratum, 1500s mellycrate, 1500s millecrate, 1500s–1700s melicrate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melicratum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin melicratum (c400), variant of classical Latin melicrāton < ancient Greek μελίκρατον < μέλι honey (see mell n.²) + κρα- , passive stem of κεραννύναι to mix (see crater n.) + -τον, neuter of -τος, suffix forming nouns. Compare Middle French melicrat (1540), French mélicrate (1765).

Obsolete.

A drink made with honey and water; hydromel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > honey and water

hydromelc1400

honey water1525

melicrate1568

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 92 ^v (MED) Afterward be it mundified in castyng in mellicrate.

1568 T. Hill Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) ii. xxv. f. 92 A sponefull of Mellicrate.

1568 T. Hill Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) ii. xliii. f. 130 Buglosse styeped in wine, and tempered with Mellycrate.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 28 The leaues..dronken with Meade or Melicrat..it healeth the Sciatica.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cciii. 173 Eate nothing at all, or else, but a little melicrate.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 263 Melicrate hath the same nature as mulse.

1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 389 Its comparative strength with that of melicrate, or water and honey.

Derivatives

melicrated adj. rare made by mixing water and honey.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > water and honey

melicrated1657

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. O^v The rule of confecting Melicrated Mulsa [L. aquosi melicrati seu mulsae].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	melicrate
释义	† melicraten. Forms: late Middle English mellicratum, late Middle English mellicratus, late Middle English–1500s mellicrate, 1500s melicrat, 1500s melicratum, 1500s mellycrate, 1500s millecrate, 1500s–1700s melicrate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melicratum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin melicratum (c400), variant of classical Latin melicrāton < ancient Greek μελίκρατον < μέλι honey (see mell n.²) + κρα- , passive stem of κεραννύναι to mix (see crater n.) + -τον, neuter of -τος, suffix forming nouns. Compare Middle French melicrat (1540), French mélicrate (1765). Obsolete. A drink made with honey and water; hydromel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > honey and water hydromelc1400 honey water1525 melicrate1568 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 92 ^v (MED) Afterward be it mundified in castyng in mellicrate. 1568 T. Hill Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) ii. xxv. f. 92 A sponefull of Mellicrate. 1568 T. Hill Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) ii. xliii. f. 130 Buglosse styeped in wine, and tempered with Mellycrate. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 28 The leaues..dronken with Meade or Melicrat..it healeth the Sciatica. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cciii. 173 Eate nothing at all, or else, but a little melicrate. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 263 Melicrate hath the same nature as mulse. 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 389 Its comparative strength with that of melicrate, or water and honey. Derivatives melicrated adj. rare made by mixing water and honey. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > water and honey melicrated1657 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. O^v The rule of confecting Melicrated Mulsa [L. aquosi melicrati seu mulsae]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1425
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