euphrasyn.

/ˈjuːfrəsi/

Forms: Also Middle English heufrasy, 1500s–1600s euphrasie, 1600s eufrage.

Etymology: < medieval Latin euphrasia (irregularly eufragia ), < Greek εὐϕρασία , lit. ‘cheerfulness’, < εὐϕραίνειν to cheer, < εὐ- (see eu- comb. form) + ϕρήν mind. Compare French eufraise.

a. Botany. A plant, Euphrasia officinalis (family Scrophulariaceæ), formerly held in high repute for its medicinal virtues in the treatment of diseases of the eye; = eyebright n. Also figurative.

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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

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 787 Hec eufrasia, a heufrasy.

1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars xxviii Salendin, eufrage, pimpernell.

1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 43^v Euphrasie, otherwise called eyebright.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 414 Michael..purg'd with Euphrasie and Rue The visual Nerve.

1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 252 Euphrasy..That gives dim eyes to wander leagues around.

1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. 40 Reason when the props of flesh gave way Purged as with euphrasy the mortal eye.

1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 15 The little euphrasy derives its name of eyebright..from its old reputation for ‘making old eyes young again’.

b. figurative.

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1838 S. Bellamy Betrayal ii. 45 The early zephyr from the Orient breath'd And rent the curtain'd sky..The euphrasy of dawn.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xvii. 314 The eye purged and strengthened by the euphrasy of science.

1860 F. W. Faber Bethlehem (1865) vi. 353 Eyes which have been touched with the special euphrasy of heaven.

2. In pseudo-etymological sense: Fine phrasing. rare.[A Greek *εὐϕρασία in this sense might have been < εὐ- + ϕράζειν to speak, but it is not actually found.]

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fine phrasing

euphrasy1833

1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 216 His former volumes abounded in..affected idioms, and constant attempts at euphrasy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	euphrasy
释义	euphrasyn. /ˈjuːfrəsi/ Forms: Also Middle English heufrasy, 1500s–1600s euphrasie, 1600s eufrage. Etymology: < medieval Latin euphrasia (irregularly eufragia ), < Greek εὐϕρασία , lit. ‘cheerfulness’, < εὐϕραίνειν to cheer, < εὐ- (see eu- comb. form) + ϕρήν mind. Compare French eufraise. 1. a. Botany. A plant, Euphrasia officinalis (family Scrophulariaceæ), formerly held in high repute for its medicinal virtues in the treatment of diseases of the eye; = eyebright n. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 787 Hec eufrasia, a heufrasy. 1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars xxviii Salendin, eufrage, pimpernell. 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 43^v Euphrasie, otherwise called eyebright. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 414 Michael..purg'd with Euphrasie and Rue The visual Nerve. View more context for this quotation 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 252 Euphrasy..That gives dim eyes to wander leagues around. 1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. 40 Reason when the props of flesh gave way Purged as with euphrasy the mortal eye. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 15 The little euphrasy derives its name of eyebright..from its old reputation for ‘making old eyes young again’. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1838 S. Bellamy Betrayal ii. 45 The early zephyr from the Orient breath'd And rent the curtain'd sky..The euphrasy of dawn. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xvii. 314 The eye purged and strengthened by the euphrasy of science. 1860 F. W. Faber Bethlehem (1865) vi. 353 Eyes which have been touched with the special euphrasy of heaven. 2. In pseudo-etymological sense: Fine phrasing. rare.[A Greek *εὐϕρασία in this sense might have been < εὐ- + ϕράζειν to speak, but it is not actually found.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fine phrasing euphrasy1833 1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 216 His former volumes abounded in..affected idioms, and constant attempts at euphrasy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1500
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