hipocrás

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Galician

Etymology

From French ipocras, after Medieval Latin vinum Hippocraticum (“Hippocrates's wine”), because it was filtered through a Hippocratic sleeve.

Pronunciation

Noun

hipocrás m (plural hipocrases)

  1. hippocras
    • 1777, Diego Cernadas y Castro, Arcos mio:
      que n'o Hipocràs non pases
      deo medio neto.
      on hippocras
      don't drink past half a pint

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