electuary.
Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
Meaning & usage
Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English electuarie, eletuarie, electuary, from Latin electuarium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleíkton, “medicine which is licked away”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “to lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”). Doublet of lekvar.
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