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hippocras

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hip⋅po⋅cras

  [hip-uh-kras]
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–noun
an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
Origin:
1325–75; ME ypocras, appar. short for ypocras wyn (trans. of ML vīnum hippocraticum; so called because clarified by filtering through a strainer named after Hippocrates); ME ypocras < OF: Hippocrates < ML Hippocrās, alter. of L Hippocratēs, on model of words like cīvitās (nom.), cīvitātis (gen.)
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hip·po·cras   (hĭp'ə-krās')   
n.  A cordial made from wine and flavored with spices, formerly used as a medicine.

[Middle English ipocras, from Old French ypocras, hypocras, from alteration of Hippocras, Hippocrates.]
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