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noun
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers: a love potion; a sleeping potion.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English pocion < Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) a drinking, equivalent to pōt(us), variant of pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre to drink + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English pocioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
1300–50; Middle English pocion < Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) a drinking, equivalent to pōt(us), variant of pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre to drink + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English pocioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
Synonyms
elixir, brew, concoction, philter.
elixir, brew, concoction, philter.
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Potion
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- The potion he mistakenly believes will do the trick is rhino horn, and he is prepared to pay good money for that.
- The tragedy here is that a magic potion has unleashed something best left repressed.
- When a magic potion is served round, it is done in a yuppie bar.
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World English Dictionary
| potion (ˈpəʊʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage |
| 2. | a rare word for beverage |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin pōtiō a drink, especially a poisonous one, from pōtāre to drink] | |
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Word Origin & History
potion
c.1300, from O.Fr. pocion (12c.), from L. potionem (nom. potio) "potion, a drinking," from potus "drunken," irregular pp. of potare "to drink," from PIE base *po-/*pi- "drink" (cf. Skt. pati "drinks;" Gk. pinein "to drink," poton "that which one drinks," potos "drinking bout;" O.C.S. piti "to drink,"
EXPANDpivo "beverage").
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
potion po·tion (pō'shən)
n.
A liquid medicinal dose or drink.
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