hip·po·cras (h p  -kr s )n. A cordial made from wine and flavored with spices, formerly used as a medicine. [Middle English ipocras, from Old French ypocras, hypocras, from alteration of Hippocras, Hippocrates.] |
hippocras [ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs]
n
(Cookery) an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices
[C14 ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates (?460-?377 bc), Greek physician, probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve]
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