Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of the nature of or pertaining to bezoar; compounded of or possessing the supposed antidotal properties of bezoar; serving as an antidote.
- n. A medicine having the properties of bezoar; an antidote.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
Etymologies
- Compare French bézoardique, bézoartique. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The receipt as drawn up by le Febre reads like a botanist's catalogue interpolated with oriental pearls, ambergris, and bezoardic stones, to add mystery.”
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Adjectival Arcana
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