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nepenthe

ne·pen·the

First used 16th c.

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The story

A back-formation from nepenthes.

First known use, by meaning

from 16th c. Alternative form of nepenthes (“a drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.