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haemony

/ˈhiːməni/

haemony noun: a magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.

Noun

haemony (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
    • He call’d it Hæmony, and gave it me / And bad me keepe it as of ſoveraine uſe / Gainſt all inchantments, mildew blaſt, or damp / Or gaſtly furies apparition; / […]1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
    • It is not agreed whether Milton’s Hæmony is a real or poetical plant.1809, Henry John Todd, The Poetical Works of John Milton, page 342

Forms of haemony

alternative formHæmony

Origin of haemony

Coined by John Milton for the play Comus around 1634 (see quotation below). Various scholars suggest that the word comes from a classical source such as Latin Haemonia (“Thessaly”, a place associated with magic), Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), or Ancient Greek αἵμων (haímōn, “skillful”).

Questions about haemony

What does haemony mean?
Haemony means a magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
What part of speech is haemony?
Haemony is a noun.
How do you pronounce haemony?
Haemony is pronounced /ˈhiːməni/.

Words near haemony in the dictionary

  1. haemometer
  2. haemometers
  3. haemomonochorial
  4. haemonchosis
  5. haemonectin
  6. haemony
  7. haemoparasite
  8. haemoparasites
  9. haemoparasitic
  10. haemopathies
  11. haemopathologist

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