mithridate
[ mith-ri-deyt ]
/ ˈmɪθ rɪˌdeɪt /
noun Old Pharmacology.
a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
Origin of mithridate
1520–30; earlier
mithridatum < Medieval Latin, variant of Late Latin
mithridātium, noun use of neuter of
Mithridātius, equivalent to
Mithridāt(ēs)
Mithridates VI (see
mithridatism) +
-ius
-ious
Words nearby mithridate
mither,
mithgarthr,
mithraeum,
mithraism,
mithras,
mithridate,
mithridates vi,
mithridatism,
mithridatize,
miticide,
mitigate
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British Dictionary definitions for mithridate
mithridate
/ (ˈmɪθrɪˌdeɪt) /
noun
obsolete
a substance believed to be an antidote to every poison and a cure for every disease
Word Origin for mithridate
C16: from Late Latin
mithradatium, after
Mithridates VI, alluding to his legendary immunity to poisons