alexitery

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An antidote to poison. historical,rare
    — These miserable Wretches are included herein with hot bricks, and almost suffocated, till they sweat abundantly in every part of their bodyes, having before drunk of the Decoction of Lignum sanctum, or Sarsaparilla, or some other Alexitery, which will both move sweat, and deleate the French disease.
形容词 adj.
  1. Acting as an antidote to poison. obsolete
    — Yet some things attract specifically, and not by a manifest quality : as things that are carthartic or purging, and alexitery, or resisting poison.

词形变化

alexiteries plural more alexitery comparative most alexitery superlative

词源

词源 1
From New Latin alexiterium and its etymon Ancient Greek ἀλεξητήριον (alexētḗrion, “remedy”), from neuter of ἀλεξητήριος (alexētḗrios, “keeping off, defending”), from ἀλεξητήρ (alexētḗr, “defender, protector”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix), from extended stem of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to ward off”) + ‑τήρ (‑tḗr, agent noun suffix).
词源 2
From New Latin alexiterius, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξητήριος (alexētḗrios, “keeping off, defending”); see Etymology 1.
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