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nepenthe

[ ni-pen-thee ]

noun

  1. a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
  2. anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow or trouble.


nepenthe

/ ɪˈɛθɪ /

noun

  1. a drug, or the plant providing it, that ancient writers referred to as a means of forgetting grief or trouble
  2. anything that produces sleep, forgetfulness, or pleasurable dreaminess
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Derived Forms

  • ԱˈԳٳ𲹲, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Ա·t· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nepenthe1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ŧԳٳ, from Greek ŧԳٳé “herb for soothing,” noun use of neuter of ŧԳٳḗs “banishing pain,” equivalent to ŧ- “un-” (negative prefix) + éԳٳ(Dz) “grief, pain, sorrow” + adjective suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nepenthe1

C16: via Latin from Greek ŧԳٳ sedative made from a herb, from ŧ- not + penthos grief
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And Nepenthe and the Henry Miller Memorial Library are just down the road.

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Normally more than 1,000 visitors a day are taking in the view and having a meal at the popular roadside destination Nepenthe, according to its general manager, Kirk Gafill.

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And in general, this chapter has some fascinating looks at droid culture, including a trip to a bar called the Resistor, where the robots sip on a refreshing lubricant named Nepenthé.

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It turns out that this old faithful servant of Plazir-15’s blue bloods is actually a secret radical, plotting to disrupt the planet’s cushy lifestyle by infecting the droids’ Nepenthé with malicious nanobots, designed to restore the machines to their original warlike programming.

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“We’ve learned how to deal with events like this through hard-won experience,” said Kirk Gafill, the general manager of Nepenthe, a restaurant overlooking the Pacific that has been operated by his family for 74 years.

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