hippocras

[ hip-uh-kras ]

/ ˈhɪp əˌkræs /

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noun

an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

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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)

Words nearby hippocras

hippo, hippocampal, hippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, hip pocket, hippocras, Hippocrates, Hippocratic, Hippocratic facies, Hippocratic oath, Hippocrene

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How to use hippocras in a sentence

Neither wine nor hippocras had befogged the stout heads of the Assyrians, nor loosened their canny tongues.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity|Alexandre Kuprin
To these their Norman successors added clarr, garhiofilac, and hippocras.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French
The constant mention about this time of Hippocras (Ipocras, Ypocrasse) demands some notice.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French
Sack and hippocras are no longer to be found in our cellars; but, as we have shown, we still compound the wassail-bowl.
The Book of Christmas|Thomas K. Hervey

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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