English
epicerastic
Epicerastic comes from Ancient Greek ἐπικεραστικός.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπικεραστικόςepikerastikós
- Englishearliest quotation 1736epicerastic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπικεραστικόςepikerastikós
- Englishearliest quotation 1736epicerastic
Earliest quotation: 1736, John Quincy, Lexicon Physico-Medicum: “Epicerastick […] is a Medicine that assuages and corrects…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐπικεραστικός
Today it means
adj Relieving the harshness or bitterness of certain bodily humours; (loosely), soothing, emollient.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπικεραστικός / epicerastic