Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
From Medieval Latin picra, from Ancient Greek πίκρα (píkra, “a kind of antidote”), from πικρός (pikrós, “sharp, bitter”).
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- Derivation mentionπίκραgrc
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