ALL meanings of nepenthe
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N n - noun nepenthe (archaic) A drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow; nepenthes. (from 16th c.). 1
- noun nepenthe a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble. 1
- noun nepenthe anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow or trouble. 1
- noun nepenthe a drug, or the plant providing it, that ancient writers referred to as a means of forgetting grief or trouble 0
- noun nepenthe anything that produces sleep, forgetfulness, or pleasurable dreaminess 0
- noun nepenthe a drug supposed by the ancient Greeks to cause forgetfulness of sorrow 0
- noun nepenthe anything causing such forgetfulness 0