alexitery

Etymology

From New Latin alexiterium and its etymon Ancient Greek ἀλεξητήριον (alexētḗrion, “remedy”), from neuter of ἀλεξητήριος (alexētḗrios, “keeping off, defending”), from ἀλεξητήρ (alexētḗr, “defender, protector”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix), from extended stem of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to ward off”) + ‑τήρ (‑tḗr, agent noun suffix).

alexitery means An antidote to poison. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

An antidote to poison.“These miserable Wretches are included herein with hot bricks, and almost suffocated, till they sweat abundantly in every part of their bodyes, having before drunk of the Decoction of Lignum sanctum, or Sarsaparilla, or some other Alexitery, which will both move sweat, and deleate the French disease.”

adj

Acting as an antidote to poison.“Yet some things attract specifically, and not by a manifest quality : as things that are carthartic or purging, and alexitery, or resisting poison.”