mithridate

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mithri dāt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mith•ri•date  (mithri dāt′),USA pronunciation n. Old Pharm.
  1. Drugsa confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
  • Medieval Latin, variant of Late Latin mithridātium, noun, nominal use of neuter of Mithridātius, equivalent. to Mithridāt(ēs) Mithridates VI (see mithridatism) + -ius -ious
  • earlier mithridatum 1520–30


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