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Definition: NEPENTHE |
NEPENTHENoun1. A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. |
Date "NEPENTHE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Etymology: Nepenthe \Ne*pen"the\, noun. [Fr. Greek removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; not sorrow, grief.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Nepenthe (3 syl.) or Nepenthes, a drug to drive away care and superinduce love. Polydamna, wife of Thonis (or Thone, 1 syl.), King of Egypt, gave nepenthe to Helen (daughter of Jove and Leda). Homer speaks of a magic potion called nepenthe, which made persons forget their woes. (Odyssey, iv. 228.) "That nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena." Milton: Comus, 695, 696. The water of Ardenne had the opposite effect. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Nepenthe, Euphrosyne, sweet forgetfulness. |
Remedy | Anthelmintic; antidote, antifebrile, antipoison, counterpoison, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue, lithagogue, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative; palliative; febrifuge; alterant, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive, antiinflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nepenthe | 33 |
nepenthe big sur | 12 |
nepenthe restaurant | 10 |
nepenthe socket | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NEPENTHE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bar i harresës. (various references) | |
Arabic | نبات السلوان, شراب السلوان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вълшебно питие на забравата, вид насекомоядно растение, непентес. (various references) | |
French | népenthès (nepenthes). (various references) | |
Hungarian | enyhítõszer. (various references) | |
Manx | lus y gheu. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | epenthenay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nepal (Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal). (various references) | |
Russian | непентес (monkey-cup). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | čarobni napitak. (various references) | |
Swedish | glömskedryck. (various references) | |
Turkish | acı ve üzüntüyü yok eden ilaç. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NEPENTHE": nepenthean, nepenthes. (additional references) | |
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"NEPENTHE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Neenht, Nekemte, Nepantha, nepenth. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "NEPENTHE" (pronounced 'Ne*pen"the'): Zarthe. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-n-n-p-t" | |
-1 letter: pentene. | |
-2 letters: ethene. | |
-3 letters: penne, tepee. | |
-4 letters: epee, hent, neep, nene, peen, pent, teen, thee, then. | |
-5 letters: eth, hen, hep, het, nee, net, nth, pee, peh, pen, pet, pht, tee, ten, the. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-n-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: nepenthes. | |
+2 letters: nepenthean, threepenny. | |
+3 letters: elephantine, nephelinite. | |
+4 letters: encipherment, hyperintense, nephelinites, phenanthrene. | |
+5 letters: encipherments, metencephalon, phenanthrenes, phenmetrazine, replenishment, telencephalon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 50 45 4E 54 48 45 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .--. . -. - .... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01010000 01000101 01001110 01010100 01001000 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E P E N T H E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0050 0045 004E 0054 0048 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4839503948544239 |
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