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mithridatic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪk/

Etymology

General application of Mithridatic, q.v.

Meanings

  1. (historical) Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
  2. Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.
    • He turned the pages slowly, moving on to other metropolitan catastrophes, the next mithridatic outrage, the pages fluttered behind the front page but the headline remained the same, in the same place hovering across from her. 1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), pages 180-181:

Forms

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more mithridatic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most mithridatic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

mithridatically

mithridatic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪk/

Etymology

General application of Mithridatic, q.v.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.

Forms

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mithridatics Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

antidote