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mithridate

/ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt/ US
/ˈmɪθrɪdeɪt/ UK

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From Middle English mitridate and methridat, from Old French mithridat, from Late Latin mithridatum and mithridatium, from Latin Mithridātīus (“of or related to Mithridates”), from Mithridātēs + -ius, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), the Greek form of the name of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Doublet of mithridatium, mithridatum, and mithridaticon.

noun mithridates · mithridat · mithrydate · mitridat · mitridate · mithrydat

countable, historical, uncountable Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote. Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.
archaic, broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, uncountable Synonym of cure. The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde.
Similar: cure
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, obsolete, rare, uncountable Ellipsis of mithridate mustard

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noun supposed universal antidote against poison

Español	mitridato
Português	mitridátio, mithridato
Français	mithridate
Deutsch	Mithridat
Italiano	mitridato

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@misc{mithridate_2026,
  title = {mithridate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mithridate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}