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单词 electuary
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Definition of electuary in English:

electuary

nounPlural electuaries ɪˈlɛktjʊ(ə)riəˈlɛktʃəˌwɛri
archaic
  • A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dr. Mead directs a drachm of an electuary similar to this to be taken evening and morning.
    • Later Babylonian tablets give recipes for ‘electuaries’ - medicines based on honey.
    • In pre-modern medicine, catholicon was a soft electuary, so called as being supposedly universal in its curative and prophylactic abilities.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin electuarium, probably from Greek ekleikton, from ekleikhein 'lick up'.

 
 

Definition of electuary in US English:

electuary

nounəˈlɛktʃəˌwɛriəˈlekCHəˌwerē
archaic
  • A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dr. Mead directs a drachm of an electuary similar to this to be taken evening and morning.
    • Later Babylonian tablets give recipes for ‘electuaries’ - medicines based on honey.
    • In pre-modern medicine, catholicon was a soft electuary, so called as being supposedly universal in its curative and prophylactic abilities.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin electuarium, probably from Greek ekleikton, from ekleikhein ‘lick up’.

 
 
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