mithridatize
/mɪˈθrɪdətʌɪz
/(also mithridatise)
verb [with object] rare
Make (someone) immune to a poison by administering gradually increasing doses of the poison.Few possibilities to stay awake at 4am, since I am completely mithridatized with caffeine since my student years: An espresso at 2am is 100% helpless, no effect at all....
- And to crown it all, it mithridatized the Ethiopian people to the future secession of Eritrea by incorporating the right of unconditional secession in the Transition Charter.
- The film is really very lovely, and I am NOT saying that because I am by now sufficiently mithridatized to no longer cringe when I see myself on a screen.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from the name of Mithridates (see Mithridates VI), who reputedly made himself immune to poisons by constantly taking antidotes, + -ize.
- family income supplement
- familyish
- family jewels
- family leave
- family line
- family living
- family man
- family medicine
- family meeting
- family member
- family name
- family-oriented
- family-owned
- family party
- family pew
- family physician
- family picture
- family piece
- family planning
- family planning clinic
- family portrait
- family practice
- family practitioner
- family resemblance
- family romance