Thursday, September 01, 2011

Today's Word

nepenthes(ne·pen·thes)

noun


1 (also nepenthe)
Pronunciation:/-THē/literary a drug described in Homer’s Odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person’s mind.


any drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness. [via Latin from Greek nēpenthēs 'dispelling pain', from nē- 'not' + penthos 'grief']

2 a plant of a genus that comprises the Old World pitcher plants.

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