philtre

American  

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /

noun

philtred, philtring

1. Chiefly British. a variant of philter.

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philtre British  

/ ˈfɪltə /

noun

1. a drink supposed to arouse love, desire, etc

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Etymology

Origin of philtre

C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving

Example Sentences

Upon re-entering Yemen, he, like Niebuhr, was robbed of his collections and baggage, upon the pretext that he collected animals, in order to compose a philtre, with the intention of poisoning the springs.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.

As for the Lieutenant he is quite charming; and even the ultra-farcical episode of his falling in love with the king owing to a philtre is well carried off.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

It was also imagined that the tail of the wolf contained a hair, which acted as a love philtre and excited the tender passion.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

Ah, in what philtre, wine, or spell, May we drown this our ancient foe, Destructive glutton, gorging well, Patient as the ants, and slow?

From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles

There was nothing too mean, too repulsive, for the domestic brute—the cicisbeo, the priest, the half-witted page—to undergo, in the stupid belief that the power of a philtre increased with its nastiness.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules