cicuta

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/sɪˈkjuːtə/

noun

Hemlock.

OriginLatin cicūta →
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Meanings

nouncicuta (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableHemlock.

    cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].

    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 4, member 1, subsection ii

Origin

  1. Latincicūta
  2. Englishcicuta

Borrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

cicuta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicuta

MLA

“cicuta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicuta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cicuta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicuta.

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