Crossword-Solution: NEPENTHE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nepenthe | n. | A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. |
We have 23 clues for the answer “NEPENTHE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Forgetfulness Drink of | 1 answer |
| drug that ancient writers referred to as a means of forgetting grief or trouble | 1 answer |
| This makes one forget sorrow | 1 answer |
| Sorrow-drowning drug of the ancients | 1 answer |
| Potion to dull sorrow | 1 answer |
| Potion that dulls the pain | 1 answer |
| Potion of forgetfulness. | 1 answer |
| Mythical elixir of forgetfulness | 1 answer |
| Lotus-Eaters' palliative | 1 answer |
| Lotus-Eaters' drug | 1 answer |
| LSD of ancient times | 1 answer |
| Forgetfulness- inducing potion, of yore | 1 answer |
| Drug that induces forgetfulness | 1 answer |
| Drink of forgetfulness | 1 answer |
| Drink inducing forgetfulness | 1 answer |
| Drink causing forgetfulness of sorrow | 1 answer |
| Anything causing oblivion. | 1 answer |
| Ancient relative of LSD. | 1 answer |
| Ancient potion of forgetfulness | 1 answer |
| A MEDICINE THAT INDUCES NAUSEA AND VOMITING | 10 answers |
| A DRUG THAT INDUCES SLEEP | 11 answers |
| Painkiller | 13 answers |
| anodyne | 32 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with NEPENTHE (5)
Orion: There is nothing but what will do you good; And the drugs are simples; 'tis hellebore, Nepenthe, upas, and dragon's blood, Absinthe, and mandrake, and mandragore.
But the use of anaesthetics is much older than Albertus Magnus or Papin; for the ancients had their nepenthe and mandragora; the Chinese their mayo, and the Egyptians their hachisch (both preparations of Cannabis Indica), the effects of which in a great measure resemble those of chloroform.
Drink of my cup, for in it sparkles the wine of the East, and Nepenthe, the comfort of the Immortals.’ And as she spoke, she poured the flask into the cup; and the fragrance of the wine spread through the hall, like the scent of thyme and roses.
Only this humble plant can guide us here, and hereafter Crown us with asphodel flowers, that are wet with the dews of nepenthe." So came the autumn, and passed, and the winter,--yet Gabriel came not; Blossomed the opening spring, and the notes of the robin and bluebird Sounded sweet upon wold and in wood, yet Gabriel came not.
Here he beholds the vice in all its hideousness; the gambler, the thief, the beggar, and such outcasts from the social circle, meet here to worship the god who grants a short nepenthe from suffering and woe.
Quotes with NEPENTHE (3)
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!
A librarian had found the baby sitting abandoned on the sheer edge of the world; the librarians kept her. That proved shrewd. Nepenthe had drooled on words, talked at them, and tried to eat them until she learned to take them into her eyes instead of her mouth.
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor." Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee--Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!" Quothe the Raven, "Nevermore.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across.
Used 16 times in crossword archives (1944–2012).