philtre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of philtre
C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving
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She was concocting a philtre to make a girl happy,—herself.
From The Opened Shutters by Burnham, Clara Louise
Then follows a melodramatic incantation as the sorcerer deposits the philtre into a gigantic teapot.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
Who shall withstand the philtre Endora of Hecate brews?
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
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.
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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