Alexipharmical

/ˌæl.ɛk.sɪˈfɑr.mɪ.kəl/ adjective

Definition

An alternative adjectival form meaning relating to or having the properties of an alexipharmacon; counteracting poison.

Etymology

From alexipharmacon with the suffix -ical instead of -ic. The -ical variant was often used for more formal or scholarly medical discourse.

Kelly Says

The redundant existence of both 'alexipharmic' and 'alexipharmical' shows how Renaissance scholars created variations to sound more learned—it's like different fonts for the same idea, each equally valid but none more accurate.

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