hip|po|cras

hip|po|cras
hip|po|cras «HIHP uh kras», noun.
a liqueur made of wine and spices, formerly used as a medicine.
[< Middle French ipocras < Medieval Latin (vinum) Hippocraticum (wine) of Hippocrates (apparently named after the filter (“Hippocrates' sleeve”) through which it was run)]

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