philtre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of philtre
C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving
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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
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
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
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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