Word of the Day – Nepenthes

Nepenthes (noun)

nep-enth-eez

A drug described in Homer’s Odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person’s mind./ A drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness.

Via Latin from Greek nēpenthēs ‘dispelling pain’, from nē- ‘not’ + penthos ‘grief’; sense 2 is from modern Latin.

Example sentences

“I aim to quaff the nepenthes and forget my true love!”