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nepenthe

nepenthe


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nepenthe  \Ne*pen"the\,  n.  [Fr.  Gr  ?  removing  all  sorrow;  hence 
  an  epithet  of  an  Egyptian  drug  which  lulled  sorrow  for  the 
  day  ?  not  +  ?  sorrow,  grief.] 
  A  drug  used  by  the  ancients  to  give  relief  from  pain  and 
  sorrow;  --  by  some  supposed  to  have  been  opium  or  hasheesh. 
  Hence  anything  soothing  and  comforting. 
 
  Lulled  with  the  sweet  nepenthe  of  a  court.  --Pope. 
 
  Quaff,  O  quaff  this  kind  nepenthe.  --Poe.