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† aˌlexiˈpharmac, n. and a. Obs.
[a. Fr. alexipharmaque (16th c.), ad. mod.L. alexipharmacum, ad. Gr. ἀλεξιϕάρµακον a remedy against poison; prop. adj. neut. ‘keeping off poison’; f. ἀλέξ-ειν to ward off + ϕάρµακον poison. At first used only in the Gr. or L. form; after adaptation as alexipharmac it was also used adjectively, and finally by form-assoc. made alexipharmic.]
A. n. An antidote against poison.
1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xvi. 366 Alexipharmaks, called also Alexiteria, are such as resist poison. 1776Bryant Mythol. III. 107 The people..made use of it by way of an alexipharmack and amulet. 1797Edin. New Disp. ii. 242/1 This root has been much celebrated as an alexipharmac.
B. adj. = alexipharmic.
1699Phil. Trans. XXI. 55 This is endowed with Alexipharmac Vertues. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Lemon, The Rind is Alexipharmac and Cordial. |