Definitions For Alexipharmac
Etymology 1
{{root, en, ine-pro, *h₂lek-}} Borrowed from {{bor, en, frm, alexipharmaque}} (modern {{cog, fr, alexipharmaque}} {{qualifier, archaic}}), and from its {{glossary, etymon}} Latin alexipharmacon ("antidote") (whence {{cog, LL., alexipharmacum}}), from {{der, en, grc, ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον, t=antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell}}, a noun use of the {{glossary, neuter}} of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος, t=acting as an antidote, from ἀλέξειν (the {{glossary, active}} {{glossary, infinitive}} of ἀλέξω, t=to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off, ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *h₂lek-, t=to protect}}) + φάρμᾰκον, t=drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye + -ος, pos=suffix forming certain types of adjectives.{{R:OED Online, pos=n. and adj, id=4880, date=December 2021, nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico, pos=n. and adj}}Noun
ALEXIPHARMAC (plural ALEXIPHARMACs) (pharmacology, chiefly, archaic, or, historical) A medical#adjective, medical remedy#noun, remedy for protecting the body#noun, body, or an antidote#noun, antidote, against a harmful substance#noun, substance, especially a poison#noun, poison or venom#noun, venom (specifically, that of a snake#noun, snake); an alexipharmic#noun, alexipharmic, an antidote. : {{synonyms, en, q1=all archaic or historical, alexipharmacal, alexipharmacon, alexipharmacum, alexipharmakon, alexipharmic}}Derived terms
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alexipharmacal alexipharmacon alexipharmacum alexipharmakon alexipharmicalTranslations
{{trans-top-also, medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom, antidote}} French: alexipharmaque, m Spanish: alexifármacoEtymology 2
Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, alexipharmaque}} {{qualifier, archaic}}, and from its etymon {{der, en, LL., alexipharmacus}}, from {{der, en, grc, ἀλεξιφάρμακος}} (see #etymology 1, etymology 1).Adjective
(pharmacology, chiefly, archaic, or, historical) Of or pertaining to an alexipharmac#noun, alexipharmac; also, act#verb, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or ward off, warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance#noun, substance, especially a poison#noun, poison or venom#noun, venom; alexipharmic#adjective, alexipharmic. : {{synonyms, en, q1=all archaic or historical, alexipharmacal, alexipharmic, alexipharmical}}Derived terms
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French: alexipharmaque Spanish: alexifármacoIs Alexipharmac a Scrabble Word?
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The word Alexipharmac is worth 28 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends