philter
- noun
- /ˈfɪltər/
- Archaic
:
filtro
- He carefully mixed the ingredients for a love philter, hoping to win her heart.
Examples
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In the marketplace, vendors offered various philters, claiming they could spark romance.
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She concocted her philters from herbs gathered on the moor and sold them to sick or amorous villagers, or to women with "complaints."
Fiction book (1993) -
Her tongue now held more magic than in a hundred philters.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jean-Baptiste leaned on the fence, and while Amedee grinned, he invited her to keep her philters to herself.
Fiction book (1993) -
She had treated him with oils and philters of her own devising, some brewed from herbs and plants.
Fiction book (2001) -
She added, in a deafening sotto voce, that if Jean-Baptiste wanted, she could make a philter that would render him irresistible to any woman.
Fiction book (1993) -
The witch brewed a philter that would make anyone fall in love with the person who gives it.
Synonyms
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8.8
A drink people believe makes someone want to be with the person who gives it to them
A drink that makes a person fall in love with the giver
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Philter comes from the old Greek root philein, which means 'to love'. It originally named a 'love potion', so a philter is a drink believed to make someone fall in love.