Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The maidenhair fern, Adiantum Capillus-Veneris.
- noun A kind of syrup prepared with maidenhair fern; also, by extension, any simple syrup, as of sugar or honey, flavored with orange-flowers or orange-flower water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.
- noun Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
syrup prepared from themaidenhair , formerly supposed to havemedicinal properties. - noun archaic Any simple syrup flavoured with
orange flowers .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Adiantum pedatum, L., maiden hair, yields a useful syrup, called by the French "capillaire," which is a refreshing beverage mixed with water in fevers.
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“Reconstruit les cheveux abimes en penetrant dans la tige capillaire, optimisant ainsi la cohesion et la revitalization.”
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Reconstruit les cheveux abîmés en pénétrant dans la tige capillaire, optimisant ainsi la cohésion et la revitalization.
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Reconstruit les cheveux abîmés en pénétrant dans la tige capillaire, optimisant ainsi la cohésion et la revitalization.
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Oui c'est a cause de Reno et Sephiroth que toute ma vie capillaire a ete boulversée!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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The medicinal properties of _Adiantum pedatum_ were earlier ascribed to the more southern species, which is common in Great Britain, but, like many another old remedy, "the syrup of capillaire" is long since defunct.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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A refreshment of fruit, capillaire, and a sweet wine, of which I knew not the name, was shortly placed before me, and the young people conversed with me about
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney
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The cloth was removed as in England, and the table covered with dried fruits, confectionary, and coffee; a tall silver epergne supporting small bottles of capillaire, and sweetmeats in cut glass.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney
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Cotillions above stairs and during the dancing refreshments of ice, orgeat, capillaire, and a variety of other things ... supper at twelve ...
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Mr. Croker is perpetually stopping us in our progress through the most delightful narrative in the language, to observe that really Dr. Johnson was very rude, that he talked more for victory than for truth, that his taste for port wine with capillaire in it was very odd, that Boswell was impertinent, that it was foolish in Mr.. Thrale to marry the music-master; and so forth.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
qms commented on the word capillaire
Come hither, my love! Let us share
A libation of virginal hair.
Oh, how we both yearn
For a taste of the fern
And lips festooned with sweet capillaire!
August 15, 2015