Hippocras Definition

hĭpə-krăs
noun
A former cordial made of wine and spices.
Webster's New World

Origin of Hippocras

  • From Old French ipocras, ypocras (“Hippocrates”), after Medieval Latin vinum Hippocraticum (“Hippocrates's wine”) (because it was filtered through a Hippocratic sleeve).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English ipocras from Old French ypocras, hypocras from alteration of Hippocras Hippocrates

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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