Electuary

Quick meaning: Electuary is a noun meaning (pharmacology) Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.

Meaning

(pharmacology) Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.

Example Sentences

In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.

℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.

Word Forms

• electuaries

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lenitive, electary, elixir, tabella, julep, emictory.

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