euphrasy
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Origin of euphrasy
1425–75; late Middle English eufrasie < Medieval Latin eufrasia < Greek euphrasía cheerfulness, gladness (Compare euphraínein to cheer, be glad)
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The words "euphrasy and rue" kept ringing in his brain, coming over and over with an awful mingling of chime and toll.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
And Thomson says:— "If she, whom I implore, Urania, deign With euphrasy to purge away the mists, Which, humid, dim the mirror of the mind."
From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)
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."
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Under the name of euphrasy it formerly enjoyed a great reputation in diseases of the eyes.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
O for the herb, the magic euphrasy, That should unmask thee to mine eyes, ah, me!
From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius
That chrism he laid upon his eyes, And lips, and heart, for euphrasies, That he might see, feel, sing, perdie, The simple things that are the wise.
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
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