mithridate
suomi-englanti sanakirjamithridate englanniksi
Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from (w) and to serve as a universal antidote.
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(synonym of).
1587, Angell Day translating Longus as ''Daphnis and Chloe'', sig. C3v:
- The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde.
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(ellipsis of)