potion
(noun) a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
potion (plural potions)
A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
• lib (Britain dialectal)
potion (third-person singular simple present potions, present participle potioning, simple past and past participle potioned)
(obsolete) To drug.
• option
Source: Wiktionary
Po"tion, n. Etym: [L. potio, from potare to drink: cf. F. potion. See Poison.]
Definition: A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine. Shak.
Po"tion, v. t.
Definition: To drug. [Obs.] Speed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
