Friday, June 17, 2005
word of the day #10
nepenthe
1. A drug mentioned in the Odyssey as a remedy for grief.
2. Something that induces forgetfulness of sorrow or eases pain.
[The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition]
1 a : a potion or drug used by the ancients to give forgetfulness of pain and sorrow and held by some to have been opium or hashish
b : something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
2 : a plant yielding nepenthe
example: only in occasional visits to the movies and lending libraries, in idle chatter and consoling gossip and scandal, and in the more unendurable cases to drink, can they find nepenthe— G.J.Nathan
[Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]
1. A drug mentioned in the Odyssey as a remedy for grief.
2. Something that induces forgetfulness of sorrow or eases pain.
[The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition]
1 a : a potion or drug used by the ancients to give forgetfulness of pain and sorrow and held by some to have been opium or hashish
b : something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
2 : a plant yielding nepenthe
example: only in occasional visits to the movies and lending libraries, in idle chatter and consoling gossip and scandal, and in the more unendurable cases to drink, can they find nepenthe— G.J.Nathan
[Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]
