Etymology From Ancient Greek ἐπικεραστικός (epikerastikós), from ἐπικεραννύναι (epikerannúnai, “to temper”).
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Obsolete, Rare Relieving the harshness or bitterness of certain bodily humours; (loosely), soothing, emollient.
Epicerastic medicines obtund the acrimony of the humours, and mitigate the uneasy sensation thence arising.1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2nd edition, volume II, page 1099:
Actually the aged dame (partly, perhaps, that she was quite tired with her own violence) listened to my various epicerastic expressions, showed herself amenable to counsel, and replied in very courteous tones.1856, Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, volume II, page 359:
epicerastic
noun
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἐπικεραστικός (epikerastikós), from ἐπικεραννύναι (epikerannúnai, “to temper”).
1
Obsolete, Rare A medicine or herb having such an effect.
Epicerastick […] is a Medicine that assuages and corrects sharp Humours.1736, John Quincy, Lexicon Physico-Medicum, 5th edition, page 146:
In a medicinal point of view it may be considered as an inferior sort of epicerastic.1853, Francis Campbell, A Commentary on the Influence which the Use of Tobacco exerts on the Human Constitution, page 120: