euphrasy
Americannoun
plural
euphrasiesnoun
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
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Amid all herbes that do grow, and are of greatest comfort and solace to mankind," so ran the passage, "a foremost place hath the euphrasy.
From The Manor House School by Dixon, Arthur A.
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
Was it some elfin euphrasy That purged his spirit so that there Blue harebells, by those ways that be, Seemed summoning to prayer?
From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.
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
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