Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of or pertaining to bezoar; compounded of or possessing the supposed antidotal properties of bezoar; serving as an antidote.
- noun A medicine having the properties of bezoar; an antidote.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to, or compounded with,
bezoar . - noun A
medicine containingbezoar .
Etymologies
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Compare French bézoardique, bézoartique.
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Examples
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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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