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mithridatic

/ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪk/

mithridatic adjective: of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.

Adjective (1)

mithridatic (comparative more mithridatic, superlative most mithridatic)

  1. (historical) Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
  2. Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.
    • He turned the pages slowly, moving on to other metropolitan catastrophes, the next mithridatic outrage, the pages fluttered behind the front page but the headline remained the same, in the same place hovering across from her.1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), pages 180-181

Noun

mithridatic (plural mithridatics)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.
    Synonyms:
    antidote

Adjective (2) capitalized: Mithridatic

Mithridatic (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the dynasty begun by Mithridates I of Pontus or any of its kings named Mithridates, especially Mithridates VI of Pontus, also known as Mithridates the Great.
    • In the courſe of the firſt Mithridatic war, which laſted ſcarcely five years, the provinces of Achaia and of Aſia ſuffered deeper wounds than had been inflicted on them during the long and obſtinate ſtruggles among Alexander's ſucceſſors.1807, John Gillies, The History of the World, From the Reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, Volume 2, page 619
    • Let us begin with the Piraeus hoard, of paramount importance in establishing the chronology of Mithridatic bronzes, and then the Bosporan hoards for which we may know type details of Mithridatic coins.2005, Vladimir F. Stolba, Lise Hannestad, Chronologies of the Black Sea Area in the Period, C. 400-100 BC, Aarhus University Press, page 126

Synonyms of mithridatic

Forms of mithridatic

Adjective
comparativemore mithridatic
superlativemost mithridatic
Noun
pluralmithridatics

Origin of mithridatic

General application of Mithridatic, q.v.

From Latin Mithridāticus, from Ancient Greek Μιθριδατικός (Mithridatikós), from Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs) + -ικός (-ikós), from Old Median *Miθra-dāta (literally “Mithra-given”).

Words formed from mithridatic

Questions about mithridatic

What does mithridatic mean?
Mithridatic means of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
What part of speech is mithridatic?
Mithridatic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mithridatic?
Mithridatic is pronounced /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪk/.

Words near mithridatic in the dictionary

  1. mithridate
  2. mithridate mustard
  3. mithridate treacle
  4. mithridates
  5. mithridatia
  6. mithridatic
  7. mithridatically
  8. mithridaticon
  9. mithridatics
  10. mithridatisation
  11. mithridatise

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