Electuary definition
A drug mixed with sugar and water or honey into a pasty mass suitable for oral administration.
noun
A medicine made by mixing drugs with honey or syrup to form a paste.
noun
A drug mixed with sugar and water or honey into a pasty mass suitable for oral administration.
noun
Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of electuary -
electary
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
electuary
Plural:
electuariesOrigin of electuary
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin electuarium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleikton, “medicine which is licked away”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleikhō, “I lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leikhō, “I lick”).
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