Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Hippocras

Hip′po-cras

,
Noun.
[F.
hippocras
,
hypocras
, NL. vinum
hippocraticum
, lit., wine of Hippocrates.]
A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hippocras

HIP'POCRAS

,
Noun.
A medicinal drink, composed of wine with an infusion of spices and other ingredients; used as a cordial. That directed by the late London Dispensary, is to be made of cloves, ginger, cinnamon and nutmegs, beat and infused in canary with sugar; to the infusion, milk, a lemon, and some slips of rosemary are to be added, and the whole strained through flannel.
Hippocrates'sleeve, a kind of bag, made by uniting the opposite angles of a square piece of flannel, used for straining syrups and decoctions.
Hippocratic face, [L. facies hippocratica,] pale, sunken, and contracted features, considered as a fatal symptom in diseases.

Definition 2024

hippocras

hippocras

English

Noun

hippocras ‎(uncountable)

  1. A cordial, made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, which were strained out by a cloth before the drink was consumed.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 641:
      Spiced wine, sweetened with sugar or honey, perhaps the original of the modern liqueur, was employed occasionally under the name of hippocras.

Translations

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪpəʊkɹas/, /ˈhɪpəʊkɹas/

Similar Results