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euphrasy

euphrasy noun: the eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.

Noun

euphrasy (plural euphrasies)

  1. The eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
    • In these delightful moments, released from the burden of her tyrant malady, her eyes seem to have been touched with the herb euphrasy, and she has the gift, denied to the rest of her generation, of seeing nature and describing what she sees.1913, Edmund Gosse, Gossip in a Library
    • On the next morning any one whose eyes were purged with euphrasy and rue might have observed an owl and a fairy queen fluttering in the smoky air above Burlington House.1885, May Kendall, Andrew Lang, 'That Very Mab'

Forms of euphrasy

pluraleuphrasies

Origin of euphrasy

From Ancient Greek εὐφρασία (euphrasía, “good cheer”), from εὐφραίνω (euphraínō), from φρήν (phrḗn).

Questions about euphrasy

What does euphrasy mean?
Euphrasy means the eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
What part of speech is euphrasy?
Euphrasy is a noun.
What is the plural of euphrasy?
The plural of euphrasy is euphrasies.

Words near euphrasy in the dictionary

  1. Euphra
  2. euphractine
  3. euphrasia
  4. euphrasias
  5. euphrasies
  6. euphrasy
  7. Euphrataean
  8. Euphratean
  9. Euphrates
  10. Euphratæan
  11. euphroe

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