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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'nepenthe' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions nepenthe noun  A drug described in Homer's Odyssey that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow. Anything which effects the welcome forgetfulness of such sorrow. Etymology: Latin nÄpenthes < Greek (nÄpenthÄs, soothing sorrow): - (nÄ, a negative prefix) + (penthos, grief, sorrow).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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