oxymel

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Etymology

From Middle English oximel, from Late Latin oxymel, oxymeli (acid and honey), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).

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Noun

oxymel (plural oxymels)

  1. (historical, medicine) A mixture of honey, water, and vinegar, boiled to a syrup, sometimes mixed with herbs or spices.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection i:
      If it long continue, vomits may be taken after meat, or otherwise gently procured with warm water, oxymel, etc., now and then.

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Noun

oxymel m (plural oxymels)

  1. oxymel

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