nepenthe

nepenthe
nepenthean, adj.
/ni pen"thee/, n.
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, esp. of sorrow or trouble.
[1590-1600; < L nepenthes < Gk nepenthés herb for soothing, n. use of neut. of nepenthés sorrowless, equiv. to ne- not + pénth(os) sorrow + -es adj. suffix]

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