sirop de longue vie

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.ʁo d(ə) lɔ̃ɡ vi/

Noun

sirop de longue vie m (plural sirops de longue vie)

(historical) A therapeutic syrup made from mercuries (Mercurialis annua or Mercurialis perennis).

See also

mercuriale
miel mercurial

Further reading

“mercuriale” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762). (as syrop de longue vie)
Anon. (17th century), Pour faire le sirop de longue vie in Bulletin de la Société des Études du Lot, t. 69, 1948, pp. 67-68

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