electuary

American  

[ih-lek-choo-er-ee] / ɪˈlɛk tʃuˌɛr i /

noun

Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine.

plural

electuaries

1. a pasty mass composed of a medicine, usually in powder form, mixed in a palatable medium, as syrup, honey, or other sweet substance: used especially for animals and administered by application to the teeth, tongue, or gums.

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electuary British  

/ ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ /

noun

1. archaic a paste taken orally, containing a drug mixed with syrup or honey

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Etymology

Origin of electuary

1350–1400; Middle English electuarie < Late Latin elect ( u ) ārium a medicinal lozenge, alteration (by confusion with Latin ēlēctus (adj.) choice, good quality, ēlēctus (noun) choice) of Greek ekleiktón lozenge (neuter verbal adjective of ekleíchein to lick up; ek- ec- + leíchein to lick ); -ary

Example Sentences

These words and articles are all used nowadays, except the lohock, which was to be licked up, and in consistency stood in the intermediate ground between an electuary and a syrup.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

Let her take aromatic electuary, disatyrion and candied eringo roots, every morning.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Keep the body open by two evacuations daily, if possible without medicine, if not take the size of a nutmeg of lenitive electuary occasionally, or five grains of rhubarb every night.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

A common method was to take the fæces of boys, dry them, mix them with the best honey, and administer an electuary.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock

If accompanied with fever, take the bark in electuary three or four times a day, the size of a nutmeg, and persevere in it two or three weeks if necessary.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849