[mith-ri-deyt] 
| a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison. |
| mith·ri·date (mĭth'rĭ-dāt') n. An antidote against poison, especially a confection formerly held to be an antidote to all poisons. [Medieval Latin mithridātum, alteration of Late Latin mithridātīum, from Latin, neuter of Mithridātīus, of Mithridates, from Greek mithridāteios, after Mithridates VI, who is said to have acquired tolerance for poison.] |