English

Noun

ipocras ‎(uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of hippocras.
   • 1390, Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale:

     He drinketh Ipocras, clarre, and vernage / Of spices hot, to encresen his corage...

   • 1847, Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words:

     Ipocras seems to have been a great favourite with our ancestors, being served up at every entertainment, public or private.