absinthiumn.

Brit.

/abˈsɪnθɪəm/,

/əbˈsɪnθɪəm/, U.S.

/æbˈsɪnθiəm/

Forms: Old English– absinthium, Middle English abscinthium, Middle English absinthij, 1600s–1700s absynthium.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin absinthium, apsinthium wormwood, infusion or tincture of wormwood < ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον wormwood < Hellenistic Greek ἄψινθος wormwood (although this is apparently first attested later), of uncertain origin + -ιον , suffix forming nouns. Compare later absinth n. 1.The element -νθ- in Hellenistic Greek ἄψινθος indicates that the word is of pre-Hellenic origin. In form absinthij after the Latin genitive form.

The plant absinth (absinth n. 1a); (also) the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant, esp. as an ingredient of drinks and herbal remedies. Formerly also †figurative (cf. absinth n. 2).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > wormwood

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mugworteOE

absinthiumOE

wormwooda1400

absinthc1429

Pontic wormwood1551

Roman wormwood1551

mouse-wort1607

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cii.148 Ðeos wyrt þe man absinthium & oþrum naman wermod nemneð byþ cenned on beganum stowum.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 215 Abscinthium, Warmood, is a ful scharp herbe, hoot and druye, ful sourissh and bitter.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 176^v Absinthium [Paris wormode] is an herbe..with stiptiknez.

c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 14 (MED) Tak apyum & absinthium.

a1576 W. Bullein Bulwarke of Def. (1579) f. 2 Absinthium is a common herbe: it is of diuers kinds.

1637 T. Drant Royall Guest 22 Here is Sampsons riddle without a mistery, Out of the eater comes meate, and out of the strong comes sweet: that Absynthium which smarts our eye cleares it.

1651 J. Reading Guide to Holy City xx. 247 Restlesse in the inquest after that which they most hate, and feare to finde: the soules absynthium, and overflowing bitternesse.

1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 299 For baking and roasting they make use of Abrotanum, Absynthium, and such-like.

1792 A. Young Trav. France 366 Some of the absinthium and lavender, so low and poor, as hardly to be recognized.

1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 5/2 Absinthin, name given to the bitter principle discovered in the Absinthium, or wormwood.

1907 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 6/4 Others declare that in its manufacture [sc. that of chartreuse] carnations, absinthium, and the young buds of the pine tree are..used.

1939 Titusville (Pa.) Herald 16 Mar. 4/4 Epto powder is a carefully-compounded semi-anhydrous dusting powder..with oil of absinthium as a deodorant.

2001 Merck Index (ed. 13) 12/2 Vermouth..is a blend of absinthium and other flavors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absinthium
释义	absinthiumn. Brit. /abˈsɪnθɪəm/, /əbˈsɪnθɪəm/, U.S. /æbˈsɪnθiəm/ Forms: Old English– absinthium, Middle English abscinthium, Middle English absinthij, 1600s–1700s absynthium. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin absinthium. Etymology: < classical Latin absinthium, apsinthium wormwood, infusion or tincture of wormwood < ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον wormwood < Hellenistic Greek ἄψινθος wormwood (although this is apparently first attested later), of uncertain origin + -ιον , suffix forming nouns. Compare later absinth n. 1.The element -νθ- in Hellenistic Greek ἄψινθος indicates that the word is of pre-Hellenic origin. In form absinthij after the Latin genitive form. The plant absinth (absinth n. 1a); (also) the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant, esp. as an ingredient of drinks and herbal remedies. Formerly also †figurative (cf. absinth n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > wormwood wermodc725 mugworteOE absinthiumOE wormwooda1400 absinthc1429 Pontic wormwood1551 Roman wormwood1551 mouse-wort1607 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cii.148 Ðeos wyrt þe man absinthium & oþrum naman wermod nemneð byþ cenned on beganum stowum. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 215 Abscinthium, Warmood, is a ful scharp herbe, hoot and druye, ful sourissh and bitter. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 176^v Absinthium [Paris wormode] is an herbe..with stiptiknez. c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 14 (MED) Tak apyum & absinthium. a1576 W. Bullein Bulwarke of Def. (1579) f. 2 Absinthium is a common herbe: it is of diuers kinds. 1637 T. Drant Royall Guest 22 Here is Sampsons riddle without a mistery, Out of the eater comes meate, and out of the strong comes sweet: that Absynthium which smarts our eye cleares it. 1651 J. Reading Guide to Holy City xx. 247 Restlesse in the inquest after that which they most hate, and feare to finde: the soules absynthium, and overflowing bitternesse. 1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 299 For baking and roasting they make use of Abrotanum, Absynthium, and such-like. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 366 Some of the absinthium and lavender, so low and poor, as hardly to be recognized. 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 5/2 Absinthin, name given to the bitter principle discovered in the Absinthium, or wormwood. 1907 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 6/4 Others declare that in its manufacture [sc. that of chartreuse] carnations, absinthium, and the young buds of the pine tree are..used. 1939 Titusville (Pa.) Herald 16 Mar. 4/4 Epto powder is a carefully-compounded semi-anhydrous dusting powder..with oil of absinthium as a deodorant. 2001 Merck Index (ed. 13) 12/2 Vermouth..is a blend of absinthium and other flavors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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