love potion

noun

1. a magical potion believed to arouse love or sexual passion toward a specified person, especially the person offering it.

love potion

noun

1. any drink supposed to arouse sexual love in the one who drinks it

Word History and Origins

Origin of love potion¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

She sang a few lively covers of classics from what she called her “rock ’n’ roll dancing days” — “Love Potion No. 9,” “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” — but closed with what she introduced as a “Frank Sinatra song,” “Young at Heart.”

From New York Times

The part in which characters play Tristan and Isolde doesn’t quite land, for instance: A relationship built on a mythical love potion isn’t an ideal point of comparison for a modern couple.

From New York Times

The baritone Davide Luciano was suave as the conceited army sergeant Belcore; as the quack doctor Dulcamara, who provides the cheap wine that Nemorino takes as a love potion, the baritone Ambrogio Maestri was robust without being over-the-top.

From New York Times

Amber Wagner was a first-rate Brangäne, powerful but nuanced; she is a prime mover in the plot for secretly providing Tristan and Isolde with the fateful love potion.

From Seattle Times

Captured by the knight Tristan as a trophy bride for his surrogate father King Marke, Isolde is consumed by rage throughout the first act — until she and Tristan are swept away by a love potion Isolde unintentionally serves in her attempt to poison him.

From Seattle Times