Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of the nature of or pertaining to bezoar; compounded of or possessing the supposed antidotal properties of bezoar; serving as an antidote.
  • noun A medicine having the properties of bezoar; an antidote.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
  • noun A medicine containing bezoar.

Etymologies

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Compare French bézoardique, bézoartique.

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Examples

  • The receipt as drawn up by le Febre reads like a botanist's catalogue interpolated with oriental pearls, ambergris, and bezoardic stones, to add mystery.

    Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

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