Hippocras Definition
hĭpə-krăs
noun
A former cordial made of wine and spices.
Webster's New World
Origin of Hippocras
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From Old French ipocras, ypocras (“Hippocrates”), after Medieval Latin vinum Hippocraticum (“Hippocrates's wine”) (because it was filtered through a Hippocratic sleeve).
From Wiktionary
Middle English ipocras from Old French ypocras, hypocras from alteration of Hippocras Hippocrates
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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