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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)
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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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