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electuary
[ ih-lek-choo-er-ee ]
noun
, Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine.
, plural e·lec·tu·ar·ies.
- 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.
electuary
/ ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ /
noun
- archaic.a paste taken orally, containing a drug mixed with syrup or honey
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Word History and Origins
Origin of electuary1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of electuary1
C14: from Late Latin ēlēctuārium, probably from Greek ēkleikton electuary, from ekleikhein to lick out, from leikhein to lick
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Example Sentences
What an electuary found my father out for his daughter, when hee compounded you two my women?
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This evening Mr. Hollyard sends me an electuary to take (a walnut quantity of it) going to bed, which I did.
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Let her take aromatic electuary, disatyrion and candied eringo roots, every morning.
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It was enclosed in a gallipot, and was what I believe they called an electuary.
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They are used in the form of an electuary triturated to the proper consistency with honey or syrup.
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