单词 | philtre |
释义 | philtrephiltern. 1. A potion, drug, or (occasionally) charm supposed to be capable of exciting sexual attraction or love, esp. towards a particular person; a love potion. Also, more generally: any potion or drug having supposedly magical properties. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > potion or drug used to promote love love-drinkc1330 love-cup1561 philtre?a1563 loving cup1584 love potiona1586 love powder1592 love-juice1593 philtrum1609 love charma1627 amatory1635 love draught1647 love philtre1665 love dose1709 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > potion or drug to promote love love-drinkc1330 love-cup1561 philtre?a1563 love potiona1586 love powder1592 love-juice1593 philtrum1609 love draught1647 love philtre1665 love dose1709 ?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1584) ii. sig. Ciii To make a Philtre to serue for my purpose. 1586 T. Newton Tryall Mans Owne Selfe 91 By any secret sleight or cunning, as drinkes, drouges, medicines, charmed potions, amatorious Philters, figures, characters, or any such lyke paltring instruments, deuises or practises. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. i, in Wks. I. 567 Trv...If I should make 'hem all in loue with thee afore night! Dav. I would say thou had'st the best philtre . View more context for this quotation a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. C5v The hellish Philtree made of Stygian Wave. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. iii. 72 They can make friends enemies, and enemies friends, by philters. 1686 F. Fane Sacrifice i. ii. 28 Good Gods, what Charms! Her very Frowns are Philtres. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 347 I threw all over-board, for fear some trick or philter should have been play'd with them. 1731 E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna 273 Those called Witches..do secretly..learn strange poisoned Philters and Receipts, whereby they do much Hurt and Mischief. 1788 S. Low Politician Out-Witted ii. i. 16 Why you are positively the arrantest love-sick swain that ever had recourse to a philter. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. i. 6 Some philtre..to lethargy The Briton blood, that came from Owen's veins. 1830 T. Flint Shoshonee Valley I. vi. 211 She spoke of philtres and medicated drinks, that..she had been taught..were of potency to inspire corresponding love in the man or maiden, who should drink of them. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 16 A witch Who brew'd the philtre. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim iii. 20 They carried his soul away with them and made it drunk with the divine philtre of an unbounded confidence in itself. 1936 Amer. Home Feb. 42/1 Cloves were used by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans as the base of many of their love philters. 1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum xxxvi. 231 When you feel that need, you have to watch your step: like having drunk a philter, the kind that makes you fall in love with the first thing you meet. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 218/1 Monkshood was used by medieval witches in flying ointments and ‘love philtres’, but is one of the most poisonous and dangerous of all magical herbs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > upper > part of philtrum1653 philtre1656 pallium1793 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Philtre, the hollowness or gutter in the upper lip under the nostrils. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Philter or Philtrum... Among some Anatomists, it is taken for the Hollow that divides the upper Lip. Compounds Instrumental. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > of the nature of a philtre > caused by a philtre philtre-bred1876 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxii. 286 The philtre-bred passion of Tristan. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > of the nature of a philtre > charmed by a philtre philtre-charmed1605 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 318 Not philtre-charm'd, nor by Busiris prest. 1777 F. Bottarelli New Ital., French & Eng. Pocket-dict. II Philter-charmed, enchanté par quelque philtre amoreux, ammaliato.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † philtrev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To charm with a philtre. Also figurative: to bewitch. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > charm with a philtre philtre1674 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > charm with potion to promote love philtre1674 1674 Govt. Tongue vi. §34 Let [them] not..shew themselves philter'd and bewitch'd by this. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo xiii, in Wks. (1721) III. 378 Hearts philtred by Concupiscence impure. ?1794 ‘A. Pasquin’ Crying Epist. from Britannia to Col. Mack Advt. p. vii By philtering or bewitching him into an act of excessive generosity. a1811 R. T. Paine Wks. (1812) iii. 252 Delusion drugged a nation's veins; And Truth was philtered in her chains. 1888 J. R. Lowell Heartsease & Rue ii. 63 Soon, like wine, Her eyes, in mine poured, frenzy-philtred mine. 2. intransitive. To administer or prepare a philtre. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love [verb (intransitive)] > prepare a philtre philtre1768 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (intransitive)] > prepare potion to promote love philtre1768 1768 W. Donaldson Life Sir Bartholomew Sapskull II. xxv. 213 I thought my chymical chiromancers were philtering to charm the devil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?a1563v.1674 |
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