English Explanatory Dictionary

basilicon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various ointments believed to have “sovereign” virtues.

Word forms

basilicon basilicons basilicum

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón) (also in the form basilicum, via the Latin basilicum), the neuter form of βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”) (basilicus in Latin), understood as in the phrase βασιλικόν φάρμακον (basilikón phármakon, “royal drug”). Doublet of basil and basilicum.

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