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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“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
When the above-mentioned woman cooks for the man, her husband, or any other for whom she is making the philtre, the water she uses in the jomba is taken from that prepared bottle.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill
Would a philtre serve as a spell to win her?
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
By a fatal error, it was to Tristan and Iseut that the philtre was given during the voyage; and from that time an invincible passion drew them toward each other.
From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Butler, Pierce
At length I caught the drift of her meaning: she thought I was about to prepare from these ingredients some philtre that would bring back vanished youth.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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