English
Etymology
From L. #Latin|cantharis, from AGr. polytonic|κανθα�ί�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/kæn'θæɹɪs/
Noun
en-noun|cantharides
- context|usually in plural The Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria, taken to have aphrodisiac properties.
#*1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun:
#*:Speaking her name, it was as if he spake pure cantharides. �Quick,� she panted. �There is time before they are all about. Again.�
#*1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:
#*:It�s lucky that Carol had taken the precaution of obtaining some cantharides; without them the evening might have been a dead loss.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 612:
#*:Basically Louis's drug dealer and pimp, Richelieu, known for opium recipes to fit all occasions, is also credited with the introduction into France of the cantharides, or Spanish fly.
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