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Nepenthe
Nepenthe Ne*pen"the, n. [Fr. Gr. ? removing all sorrow; hence,
an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the
day; ? not + ? sorrow, grief.]
A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and
sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh.
Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. --Pope.
Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. --Poe.
Meaning of Nepenthe from wikipedia
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genus Nepenthes is
named after the drug
nepenthe. The word
nepenthe first appears in the
fourth book of Homer's Odyssey: Figuratively,
nepenthe means...
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Nepenthe is a
fictional medicine for sorrow.
Nepenthe may also
refer to: USS
Nepenthe (SP-112), a
luxury yacht belonging to
James Deering Nepenthe Productions...
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Nepenthe is a
restaurant in Big Sur, California,
built by Bill and
Madelaine "Lolly" F****ett and
first opened in 1949. It was
built around a
cabin first...
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Nepenthes (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz/ nih-PEN-theez) is a
genus of
carnivorous plants, also
known as
tropical pitcher plants, or
monkey cups, in the
monotypic family...
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Nepenthe is the
second studio album from
American singer-songwriter
Julianna Barwick. It was
released in
August 2013,
under Dead
Oceans Records. According...
- USS
Nepenthe (SP-112) was a
luxury yacht belonging to
James Deering and used at his estate,
Vizcaya in Miami, Florida. The
yacht was
completed December...
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Nepenthe is a role-playing
video game for
Microsoft Windows and macOS. It was
released May 17, 2018, on
Steam by
American indie developer Yitz, and utilizes...
- Tomatoes".
Rotten Tomatoes.
Retrieved March 11, 2016. "Martin
Rosen - IMDb". IMDb.
Retrieved March 11, 2016.
Martin Rosen at IMDb
Nepenthe Productions...
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Nepenthes mirabilis (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz mɪˈræbɪlɪs/; from
Latin mirabilis "wonderful"), or the
common swamp pitcher-plant and
tropical pitcher plant, is a carnivorous...
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nominated for the 2005
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for
Adult Literature.
Nepenthe is a sixteen-year-old
orphan who was
found and
raised by the
Royal Librarians...
