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mandragorites

mandragorites is the plural of mandragorite.

Meaning of mandragorite

Noun

mandragorite (plural mandragorites)

  1. (archaic) One who uses mandrake as a narcotic drug
    • There were those who drank of it for taste or pleasure; and who were spoken of as "mandragorites," as we might speak of alcoholics or chloralists. They passed into the land of sleep and dream, and waking up in scare and alarm were the screaming mandrakes of an ancient civilization.1879 August 16, Littell's Living Age, page 427, column 2

Questions about mandragorites

What is mandragorites the plural of?
Mandragorites is the plural of mandragorite.

Words near mandragorites in the dictionary

  1. mandors
  2. mandos
  3. mandragora
  4. mandragoras
  5. mandragorite
  6. mandragorites
  7. mandrake
  8. mandrakes
  9. mandraulic
  10. mandrax
  11. mandred

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