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hyssop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪ.səp/
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Etymology

Via Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), of Semitic origin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
   • The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.] 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of several similar plants
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of several similar plants: ▸ Agastache foeniculum, blue giant hyssop.
4. (US, countable, obsolete, uncountable) The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
5. (countable, uncountable) A plant used for the sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum.
   • All of them went in, including the housekeeper, and they found more than a hundrred large volumes, very nicely bound, and many smaller ones; and as soon as the housekeeper saw them, she hurried out of the room and quickly returned with a basin of holy water and a hyssop and said to the priest: "Take this, Señor Licentiate, and sprinkle this room, so that no enchanter, of the many in these books, can put a spell on us as punishment for wanting to drive them off the face of the earth." Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 45:

Forms

Deriveds

anise hyssop · wild hyssop · yellow-flowered water hyssop · giant hyssop · bastard hyssop · hedgehyssop · hedge hyssop · nettle-leaf giant hyssop · water hyssop

Translations (43)

bg исоп (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · nv tsékʼi naʼałchʼízhii (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · cs yzop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · ro isop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · oc isòp (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · da isop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · mi hīhopa (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · pl hyzop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · tr zufa (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · lt isopas (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · eo hisopo (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · fa زوفا (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · id hisop (Biblical plant) · de Ysop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · mk исоп (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · es hisopo (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · tr çördük (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · fi iisoppi (Biblical plant) · de Isop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · sl ožepek (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · grc ὕσσωπος (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · fo ýsopur (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · pt hissopo (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · la hysopum (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · ar زُوفَا (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · io hisopo (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · hy զոպա (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · fi yrtti-iiso (Agastache foeniculum) · it issopo (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · el ύσσωπος (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · sv isop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · de Josefskraut (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · de Eisop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · az çödükotu (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · fr hysope (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · et iisop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · fi iisoppi (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · xag 𐔵𐕒𐕗𐔰 (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · arc ܐܣܘܦܘܣ (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · ru иссо́п (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · sk yzop (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · he אֵזוֹב (herb of the genus Hyssopus) · arc אֵזוֹבָא (herb of the genus Hyssopus)

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