What does mandragorite mean?
Mandragorite means (archaic) One who uses mandrake as a narcotic drug.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) One who uses mandrake as a narcotic drug.
There were those who drank of it for taste or pleasure; and who were spoken of as "mandragorites," as we might speak of alcoholics or chloralists. They passed into the land of sleep and dream, and waking up in scare and alarm were the screaming mandrakes of an ancient civilization.
A mandragorite was a term applied to one addicted to mandrake as a narcotic.
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Mandragorite means (archaic) One who uses mandrake as a narcotic drug.
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There were those who drank of it for taste or pleasure; and who were spoken of as "mandragorites," as we might speak of alcoholics or chloralists. They passed into the land of sleep and dream, and waking up in scare and alarm were the screaming mandrakes of an ancient civilization.
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