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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.
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