euphrasy

American  

[yoo-fruh-see] / ˈyu frə si /

noun

Botany.

plural

euphrasies

1. eyebright.

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euphrasy British  

/ ˈjuːfrəsɪ /

noun

1. another name for eyebright

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Etymology

Origin of euphrasy

1425–75; late Middle English eufrasie < Medieval Latin eufrasia < Greek euphrasía cheerfulness, gladness (Compare euphraínein to cheer, be glad)

Example Sentences

Under the name of euphrasy it formerly enjoyed a great reputation in diseases of the eyes.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Was it some elfin euphrasy That purged his spirit so that there Blue harebells, by those ways that be, Seemed summoning to prayer?

From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.

And Thomson says:—   "If she, whom I implore, Urania, deign   With euphrasy to purge away the mists,   Which, humid, dim the mirror of the mind."

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

The only trace of affectation, indeed, is in a certain dabbling, in earlier work, with names of jewels such as "chrysoprase," and plants such as "euphrasy" and "agrimony."

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

The words "euphrasy and rue" kept ringing in his brain, coming over and over with an awful mingling of chime and toll.

From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George