Definitions For Haemony

Noun

HAEMONY (uncountable) (rare) A magical plant mentioned by {{w, John Milton}}, said to be good against enchantments.

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Etymology

Coined by {{w, John Milton}} for the play Comus around 1634 (see quotation below). Various scholars suggest that the word comes from a classical source such as Latin Haemonia ("Thessaly, pos=a place associated with magic"),{{R:Webster 1913, Hæmony}} {{der, en, grc, αἷμα, t=blood}}, or {{der, en, grc, αἵμων, t=skillful}}.{{R:OED, entry=haemony}}

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