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Definitions for Nepenthe

[1] a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
[2] anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow or trouble.
[3] a drug, or the plant providing it, that ancient writers referred to as a means of forgetting grief or trouble
[4] anything that produces sleep, forgetfulness, or pleasurable dreaminess

Words related to Nepenthe

anesthetic, opium, painkiller, dope, sedative, opiate, tranquilizer, heroin, merchandise, junk, fix, hypnotic, soporific, stuff, analgesic, anodyne, downer, lenitive, laudanum, somnifacient

Words nearby Nepenthe

nepad, nepal, nepalese, nepali, nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper, nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis

Origin of Nepenthe

1590–1600; < Latin nēpenthes < Greek nēpenthés herb for soothing, noun use of neuter of nēpenthḗs sorrowless, equivalent to nē- not + pénth(os ) sorrow + -ēs adj. suffix

Other words from Nepenthe

ne·pen·the·an , adjective

Word origin for Nepenthe

C16: via Latin from Greek nēpenthes sedative made from a herb, from nē- not + penthos grief

Synonyms for Nepenthe

anesthetic, dope, hard drug, heroin, merchandise, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, tranquilizer, analgesic, anodyne, downer, fix, hypnotic, junk, laudanum, lenitive, soporific, stuff, hard stuff, somnifacient, stupefacient