/mith"ri dayt'/ , n. Old Pharm.
a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
[ 1520-30; earlier mithridatum mithridatium, n. use of neut. of Mithridatius, equiv. to Mithridat ( es ) MITHRIDATES VI (see MITHRIDATISM) + -ius -IOUS ]
/mith"ri dayt'/ , n. Old Pharm.
a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
[ 1520-30; earlier mithridatum mithridatium, n. use of neut. of Mithridatius, equiv. to Mithridat ( es ) MITHRIDATES VI (see MITHRIDATISM) + -ius -IOUS ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012