hippocras

[ hip-uh-kras ]

noun

1. an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.

hippocras

/ ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs /

noun

1. an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippocras¹

1325–75; Middle English ypocras, apparently short for ypocras wyn (translation of Medieval Latin vīnum hippocraticum; so called because clarified by filtering through a strainer named after Hippocrates); Middle English ypocras < Old French: Hippocrates < Medieval Latin Hippocrās, alteration of Latin Hippocratēs, on model of words like cīvitās (nominative), cīvitātis (genitive)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippocras¹

C14 ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates , probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve

Example Sentences

Neither wine nor hippocras had befogged the stout heads of the Assyrians, nor loosened their canny tongues.

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To these their Norman successors added clarr, garhiofilac, and hippocras.

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The constant mention about this time of Hippocras (Ipocras, Ypocrasse) demands some notice.

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Sack and hippocras are no longer to be found in our cellars; but, as we have shown, we still compound the wassail-bowl.

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Then pour it into an Hippocras bag, and let it run through it two or three times, to be very clear.

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