electuary
/ɪˈlɛktjʊ(ə)ri
/noun (plural electuaries) archaic
A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.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.
- Dr. Mead directs a drachm of an electuary similar to this to be taken evening and morning.
Origin
Late Middle English: from late Latin electuarium, probably from Greek ekleikton, from ekleikhein 'lick up'.