philtre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of philtre
C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving
Example Sentences
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Man was saying: "How be sure Beauty's favour to secure, Nor the subtle philtre try?"
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
In the evening the Khan's mother returned with several women, bent on getting the "love philtre."
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
It is the very cup of Circe�the very philtre of Sun-poison.
From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper
“Ah, kind Master Dion,” began Niobe, for the sixth time, “if only some philtre could make Procles loath that abominable Jocasta!”
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
Alexis, much to Aline's alarm, commissions him to supply liberal quantities of his patent love philtre in order that, from purely philanthropical motives, as he explains, he may distribute it secretly amongst the villagers.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
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