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Definition of Nepenthe
1. n. A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
Definition of Nepenthe
1. Noun. (archaic) A drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow; nepenthes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nepenthe
1. a drug that induces forgetfulness [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepenthe
Literary usage of Nepenthe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1888)
"It gives rae great pleasure to speak well of your nepenthe. ... DEAR SIRS,—It
gives me much pleasure in testifying to the efficacy of your nepenthe. ..."
2. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"From nepenthe OYER hills and uplands high Hurry me, Nymphs ! O hurry me !
Where green Earth from azure sky Seems but one blue step to be ; Where the Sun in ..."
3. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"George Darley, Sylvia, nepenthe, lyrics, and prose articles. Thomas Lovell Beddoes:
the ' haunted ruin ' of the drama ; study of old dramatists; ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1860)
"nepenthe. Ox downy couch reclined CORINNE, The belle of seasons three ; Reclined
at ease in Luxury's lap, In languid pose and free: While orient lights ..."
5. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"These functions, though seen characteristically in the digestive organs of animals,
are also to be observed in some plants, such as the pitcher of nepenthe, ..."
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