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

On the next morning any one whose eyes were purged with euphrasy and rue might have observed an owl and a fairy queen fluttering in the smoky air above Burlington House.

From 'That Very Mab' by Kendall, May

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)

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

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.

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