alexipharmic

Meanings

nounalexipharmic (plural alexipharmics)

alsoarchaicfigurativelyhistoricalmedicineSynonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
Synonyms: alexipharmacal, alexipharmacon, alexipharmakon, alexipharmacum, alexipharmac

adjectivealexipharmic (comparative more alexipharmic, superlative most alexipharmic)

comparative more alexipharmic · superlative most alexipharmic

archaichistoricalmedicineSynonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”).
Synonyms: alexipharmacal, alexipharmical, alexipharmac

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.

adjectiveSynonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”).

Also see

alexipharmac antidote

Origin

Ancient Greekἀλεξιφάρμακος
Late Latinalexipharmacus
Frenchalexipharmaque
Proto-Indo-European*h₂lek-“to protect”
Ancient Greekἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον“antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”
Latinalexipharmacon“antidote”
Middle Frenchalexipharmaque
Englishalexipharmic

A variant of alexipharmac + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following: * As a noun, from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives). * As an adjective, from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see above).