- a variation of philter.
philtre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of philtre
C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving
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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
Would a philtre serve as a spell to win her?
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
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 Henry A. Lytton
The vigorous forest air, the silence, the majestic avenues of highway, the wilderness of tumbled boulders, the great age and dignity of certain groves—these are but ingredients, they are not the secret of the philtre.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
He never had a thought of the old life at home with his mother, so completely had the nymph's philtre done its work.
From Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 by Rossiter Johnson
I could not gaze into his sorrowful eyes, and not see in them “Love’s philtred euphrasy.”
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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