oxymel

Etymology

From Late Latin oxymel, from Latin oxymeli (“acid and honey”), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksɪmɛl/

Noun

oxymel (plural oxymels)

1. (historical, medicine) A mixture of honey, water, and vinegar, boiled to a syrup, sometimes mixed with herbs or spices.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , II.5.3.i:

     If it long continue, vomits may be taken after meat, or otherwise gently procured with warm water, oxymel, etc., now and then.

Anagrams

• Moxley