euphrasy

American  

[yoo-fruh-see] / ˈyu frə si /

noun

Botany.

plural

euphrasies

1. eyebright.

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euphrasy British  

/ ˈjuːfrəsɪ /

noun

1. another name for eyebright

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Etymology

Origin of euphrasy

1425–75; late Middle English eufrasie < Medieval Latin eufrasia < Greek euphrasía cheerfulness, gladness (Compare euphraínein to cheer, be glad)

Example Sentences

So he prescribed the plant we call euphrasy or “eye bright” for complaints of the eyes, because of the likeness to an eye in the flower; small-pox was treated with mulberries because their colour showed that they were proper for diseases of the blood.

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The only trace of affectation, indeed, is in a certain dabbling, in earlier work, with names of jewels such as "chrysoprase," and plants such as "euphrasy" and "agrimony."

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Under the name of euphrasy it formerly enjoyed a great reputation in diseases of the eyes.

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I could not gaze into his sorrowful eyes, and not see in them “Love’s philtred euphrasy.”

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‘Euphrasy and rue’ were employed to purge and purify mortal eyes.

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