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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Colourful word #106327 06/23/2003 4:37 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 The word is Alexipharmic and it is defined as, an antidote against poison. A synonym is alexiterical, and the Greeks used both words to mean protective amulets. The last bit of information is from Onelook. And here is the story that led me to Alexipharmic. I was reading about Celadon this past weekend and came upon this nugget. Around the fifteenth/ sixteenth centuries, Celadon became highly prized in Central Asia and Europe and hundreds of pieces were collected by the kings of the region. The popular belief at the time, was that celadon bowls had an alexipharmic quality and so were able to vitiate the effects of possible food poisoning by enemies of the King. The Ottomans collected a large quantity of Celadon pottery and the collection is housed to this day in the Topkapi palace in Istanbul. Celadon was invented as a glaze by the Tang dynasty in eight century China and was an extremely rare and valuable example of Chinese pottery both in the region and beyond. The term is now also used to describe the pottery itself. Here's a link to the Met, with a picture of a Korean bottle with just such a glaze. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/eak/hod_27.119.6.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Colourful word #106328 06/23/2003 8:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A word I never saw before. The alexi- part could be used in some interesting coinages. I couldn't access the site, got an error message. The Celadon part is also interesting. Allegedly related to character in Ovid's Metamorphoses. cel[a[don 7sel4! d9n#, 3d!n8 n. 5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green cel[a[don 7sel4! d9n#, 3d!n8 n. 5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green cel[a[don 7sel4! d9n#, 3d!n8 n. 5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green celadon n. 5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Colourful word #106329 06/24/2003 9:27 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 For wwh, and everyone else who tried, Sorry about the link; I just tried it and it's a dud all right. I don't know why it isn't connecting, but here's another that takes you straight to the collection in the Topkapi Palace. http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/porcelain.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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