Meanings
nounoxymel (plural oxymels)
plural oxymels
- historicalmedicineA mixture of honey, water, and vinegar, boiled to a syrup, sometimes mixed with herbs or spices.
If it long continue, vomits may be taken after meat, or otherwise gently procured with warm water, oxymel, etc., now and then.
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
Origin
- Ancient Greekὀξύμελι
- Late Latinoxymel
- Middle Englishoximel
- Englishoxymel
From Middle English oximel, from Late Latin oxymel, oxymeli (“acid and honey”), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).
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Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι
- ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli)Translations
Arabic سِكَنْجَبِين, سِكَنْجُبِين
- سِكَنْجَبِين (sikanjabīn)Translations
- سِكَنْجُبِين (sikanjubīn)Translations
- سِرْكَنْجَبِين (sirkanjabīn)Translations
- سِرْكَنْجُبِين (sirkanjubīn)Translations
Czech oxymel
- oxymelTranslations
Finnish hapanhunaja, oxymel
- hapanhunajaTranslations
- oxymelTranslations
French oxymel
- oxymelTranslations
German Sauerhonig, Essigmet
- SauerhonigTranslations
- EssigmetTranslations
- HonigessigTranslations
- EssigsirupTranslations
- OxymelTranslations
Italian ossimiele
- ossimieleTranslations
Latin oxymel, oxymeli
- oxymelTranslations
- oxymeliTranslations
- oxymelumTranslations
Persian سکنگبین, سرکنگبین
- سکنگبین (sekangabin, sekangobin)Translations
- سرکنگبین (serkangabin, serkangobin)Translations
- سکنجبین (sekanjabin)Translations
Swedish oxymel
- oxymelTranslations
Turkish sirkencebin, sikencebin
- sirkencebinTranslations
- sikencebinTranslations
- sirkengebinTranslations
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Cite this entry
APA
oxymel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxymel
MLA
“oxymel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxymel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxymel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxymel.
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