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higry-pigry

higry-pigry is the alternative form of hiera picra.

Meaning of hiera picra

Noun

hiera picra (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.
    • His hiera picra formula called for aloes, spices and herbs; the compound was made into an electuary.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77

Questions about higry-pigry

What is higry-pigry the alternative form of?
Higry-pigry is the alternative form of hiera picra.

Words near higry-pigry in the dictionary

  1. Higonnet
  2. Higonnets
  3. higonokami
  4. higre
  5. higres
  6. higry-pigry
  7. HIGs
  8. Higson
  9. Higton
  10. Higuchi
  11. Higuchis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: higry-pigry (page history and authors); hiera picra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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