cantharides
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2ADJ.
pure, quick, used
VERB + CANTHARIDES
sublimate
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noun
Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).
Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.
I can make the most subtle sauces yield up their secret—whether it be white arsenic, rosalgar, mercury sublimate, or cantharides.
Madame de Pompadour used tincture of cantharides to regain the love of Louis XV.
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3I can make the most subtle sauces yield up their secret—whether it be white arsenic, rosalgar, mercury sublimate, or cantharides.
WiktionaryMadame de Pompadour used tincture of cantharides to regain the love of Louis XV.
WiktionarySpeaking her name, it was as if he spake pure cantharides. ‘Quick,’ she panted. ‘There is time before they are all about. Again.’
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