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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oxymel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒksɪmɛl/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English oximel, from Late Latin oxymel, oxymeli (“acid and honey”), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).

Meanings

  1. (historical) A 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:

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Translations (31)

ar سِرْكَنْجَبِين (Translations) · ota سركنگبین (Translations) · de Honigessig (Translations) · de Oxymel (Translations) · fi oxymel (Translations) · ar سِكَنْجُبِين (Translations) · fa سرکنگبین (Translations) · grc ὀξύμελι (Translations) · de Sauerhonig (Translations) · io mielmixuro (Translations) · ar سِكَنْجَبِين (Translations) · enm oximel (Translations) · fi hapanhunaja (Translations) · tr sirkengebin (Translations) · la oxymeli (Translations) · tr sikencebin (Translations) · sv oxymel (Translations) · de Essigsirup (Translations) · la oxymelum (Translations) · fr oxymel (Translations) · ota سركنجبین (Translations) · it ossimiele (Translations) · cs oxymel (Translations) · ota سركنگبین (Translations) · fa سکنجبین (Translations) · ar سِرْكَنْجُبِين (Translations) · de Essigmet (Translations) · la oxymel (Translations) · ota سكنجبین (Translations) · tr sirkencebin (Translations) · fa سکنگبین (Translations)