electuary

American  

[ih-lek-choo-er-ee] / ɪˈlɛk tʃuˌɛr i /

noun

Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine.

plural

electuaries

1. a pasty mass composed of a medicine, usually in powder form, mixed in a palatable medium, as syrup, honey, or other sweet substance: used especially for animals and administered by application to the teeth, tongue, or gums.

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electuary British  

/ ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ /

noun

1. archaic a paste taken orally, containing a drug mixed with syrup or honey

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Etymology

Origin of electuary

1350–1400; Middle English electuarie < Late Latin elect ( u ) ārium a medicinal lozenge, alteration (by confusion with Latin ēlēctus (adj.) choice, good quality, ēlēctus (noun) choice) of Greek ekleiktón lozenge (neuter verbal adjective of ekleíchein to lick up; ek- ec- + leíchein to lick ); see -ary

Example Sentences

An electuary, consisting of one ounce of sulphur, and half an ounce of cream of tartar, mixed with a sufficient quantity of treacle, may be taken three or four times a day.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

If accompanied with fever, take the bark in electuary three or four times a day, the size of a nutmeg, and persevere in it two or three weeks if necessary.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Two ounces of powdered Senna; one ounce of Cream of Tartar; one ounce of Sulphur; mixed with sufficient Confection of Senna, to form an electuary.

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther

The casual buyer could not keep track of which electuary had been granted a patent and which lozenge had not.

From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.

It was enclosed in a gallipot, and was what I believe they called an electuary.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan