hippocras

[ hip-uh-kras ]

/ ˈhɪp əˌkræs /

noun

an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

Nearby words

hippocampal, hippocampal fissure, hippocampal gyrus, hippocampal sulcus, hippocampus, hippocras, hippocrates, hippocratic, hippocratic facies, hippocratic finger, hippocratic nail

Origin of hippocras

1325–75; Middle English ypocras, apparently short for ypocras wyn (translation of Medieval Latin vīnum hippocraticum; so called because clarified by filtering through a strainer named after Hippocrates); Middle English ypocras < Old French: Hippocrates < Medieval Latin Hippocrās, alteration of Latin Hippocratēs, on model of words like cīvitās (nominative), cīvitātis (genitive)

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Examples from the Web for hippocras

To these their Norman successors added clarr, garhiofilac, and hippocras.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French
Hippocras, hip′o-kras, n. an aromatic medicated wine, formerly much used as a cordial.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Hippocras, hypocras bag, a bag used in making hippocras, a medicinal drink consisting of spiced wines.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby
Neither wine nor hippocras had befogged the stout heads of the Assyrians, nor loosened their canny tongues.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity|Alexandre Kuprin

Then pour it into an Hippocras bag, and let it run through it two or three times, to be very clear.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby

British Dictionary definitions for hippocras

hippocras

/ (ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs) /

noun

an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices

Word Origin for hippocras

C14 ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates, probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve

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