alexipharmacum

English

Etymology

From Latin alexipharmacum, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακον (alexiphármakon).

Noun

alexipharmacum (plural alexipharmaca)

  1. (obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection i:
      he calls steel the proper alexipharmacum of this malady, and much magnifies it […].
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