Mandragorite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mandragorite is a noun meaning (archaic) One who uses mandrake as a narcotic drug.
Meaning
(archaic) One who uses mandrake as a narcotic drug.
Example Sentences
A mandragorite was a term applied to one addicted to mandrake as a narcotic.
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.
Word Forms
- mandragorites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mandrake, manducator, mandrix, morphomaniac, morphiomaniac, amaracus.
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