hippocras

[ hip-uh-kras ]

noun
  1. an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

Origin of hippocras

1
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
  1. an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices

Origin of hippocras

1
C14 ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates, probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve

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