mithridatic
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English
Etymology
General application of Mithridatic, q.v.
Adjective
mithridatic (comparative more mithridatic, superlative most mithridatic)
- (historical) Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
- Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.
- 1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), pages 180-181:
- He turned the pages slowly, moving on to other metropolitan catastrophes, the next mithridatic outrage, the pages fluttered behind the front page but the headline remained the same, in the same place hovering across from her.
Derived terms
Noun
mithridatic (plural mithridatics)