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单词 euphrasia
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Euphrasian.

/juːˈfreɪzɪə/
Forms: Also 1700s euphragia.
Etymology: Latin form of euphrasy n.
1. Botany. = euphrasy n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > eyebright
euphrasy?a1500
eyebright1538
Euphrasia1706
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > euphrasia
euphrasy?a1500
eyebright1538
Euphrasia1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Euphragia or Euphrasia, the Herb Eye-bright.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind vi. 123 The Euphrasia, or eye-bright, was, and is, supposed to be good for the eyes.
2. In etymological sense: Cheerfulness.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]
blithenessc1000
blithec1400
cheerfulness1435
chertec1449
jocundness1482
hilarity1568
cheerliness1571
good humour1571
exhilaration1626
cheerishness1645
geniality1652
jocundry1655
cheeriness1658
brightness1660
shine1710
flow of spirits1716
sunshine1717
genialness1727
festiveness1777
sunniness1829
riancy1834
gleesomeness1847
Euphrasia1882
hilariousness1885
blithesomeness1886
gayness1896
1882 W. H. Smith tr. T. A. Ribot Dis. Memory ii. 109 An organic lesion..may transform the cœnæsthesis..producing undue joyousness..of which the most striking example is seen in the euphrasia of the dying.
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