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hippocras definition

hip·po·cras (hip′ə kras′)

noun

a former cordial made of wine and spices

Etymology: ME ypocras < OFr < Ypocras, Hippocrates, after ML vinum Hippocraticum, wine of Hippocrates: from being filtered through a strainer called “Hippocrates' sleeve” (L manica Hippocratis)

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