About The Word Mithridate
Learn about the word Mithridate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Mithridate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Mithridate
| Mithridate Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Mithridate?Synonyms | Synonyms for Mithridate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mithridate: See Also | Mithridate In Webster's Dictionary \Mith"ri*date\, n. (Med.)
An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an
electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a
preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called
from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.
[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so
effectual against the infection of vice. --Southey.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Quail brush ‐ spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of…
- Marine mine ‐ an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that…
- Phillips screwdriver ‐ a screwdriver for use with…
- Emaciated ‐ very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated…
- Genus pseudomonas ‐ type genus of the family…
- James thomas harris ‐ Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography…
- Quito ‐ the capital…
- Adirondacks ‐ a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort…
- Banns ‐ a public announcement (in church) of a…
- Rate of acceleration ‐ (mechanics) the rate of change…