单词 | philtrum |
释义 | philtrumn. 1. = philtre n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > potion or drug used to promote love love-drinkc1330 love-cup1561 philtre?a1563 loving cup1584 love potiona1586 love powder1592 love-juice1593 philtrum1609 love charma1627 amatory1635 love draught1647 love philtre1665 love dose1709 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > potion or drug to promote love love-drinkc1330 love-cup1561 philtre?a1563 love potiona1586 love powder1592 love-juice1593 philtrum1609 love draught1647 love philtre1665 love dose1709 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 89 What an vnlucky Religion that of Rome is, which intoxicates so many with her Philtra, her filthy Loue-drugs. a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 96 Love-sick Amyntas get a Philtrum here, To make thee Lovely to thy truly deare. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 69 Pharmacy probably signifies here..the compounding of philtrums or love-doses. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxv. 92 That Dæmons..assist in making Philtrums and Charms. 1855 C. J. Hempel tr. W. Gollmann Homoeopathic Guide Dis. Urin. & Sexual Organs 212 The so-termed philtra, elixirs of love, played an important part among the ancients. 1894 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 9 33 In these times the philtra of Apuleius had been, for the most part, specialized for the witch-ride. 1996 Classical Rev. 46 161 Ovid in forbidding philtra effectively prescribes them by creating a carmen/charm of his own. 2. Anatomy and Zoology. The vertical groove between the base of the nose and the border of the upper lip. Also: the junction between the two halves of the upper lip or of the nose pad. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > upper > part of philtrum1653 philtre1656 pallium1793 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 278 A mole..on the philtrum or hollow of the upper lip, under the nostrils. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 446/1 Philtrum, is the hollow dividing the upper lip. 1703 J. Keill Anat. Humane Body Abridg'd 3 The parts of the Face, are, the Brow, the Ears, the Eyes, the Cheeks, the Nose, the Philtrum and its sides, the Mustaches, the Lips, the Mouth, and the Chin. 1778 Anat. Dialogues ii. 52 The gutter in the middle under the nose, is the philtrum. 1851 W. P. Esrey Treat. on Anat. & Physiol. 106 The upper is longer and thicker than the lower, and has a vertical depression on the middle front surface, called philtrum. 1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 310 In the Gorilla they extend almost to the margin of the lip, the middle part of which shows a widely grooved philtrum. 1978 Harvard Mag. Sept.–Oct. 79/1 The philtrum depression becomes recognizable only in the fourth month of development after fertilization. 1997 B. Morrow Giovanni's Gift i. 99 Her philtrum was pronounced, where the angel touched her just above the lips, as the fable has it. 2002 Vet. Dermatol. 13 275 Arteritis of the nasal philtrum is described in four dogs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609 |
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