hippocras
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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)
Example Sentences
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According to several medieval cookbooks the most common of the sweet, spiced wines in the late middle-ages were still referred to as hippocras, with the term "mulled wine" coming later.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022
“Would you like a glass of hippocras, or some perry?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The page who had brought Sir Agravaine’s hippocras came in from the cloister door.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
We fain would stand contemplative, All innocent as meadow grass; In human goodness fain believe, Believe a cloud is formed to pass; Its shadows chase with draughts of hippocras.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
Yet I believe if they had possessed wine, even hippocras, they would have given it to us with a will.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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