philtre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of philtre
C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving
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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
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
She shall brew, doubly brew a philtre of love, strong enough to warm the icy Chios were he ten times colder than the snows on Tmolus.
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard
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
On certain days set or waited for, the bold youth would attempt the stroke, recommended him by the Witch, of mingling a philtre with her drink.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
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 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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