Polychrest
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Grogie
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Polychrest
A medicine that has many uses. Also, a medicine that cures many diseases. ''Over the centuries, chicken soup has been a polychrest for many conditions and diseases.''
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Slava
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At the rate new uses keep coming up, we may have to rename aspirin to polychrest. It seems to suit just about every need, except for stomach upset, which it may cause. Oops.
Nice word, Grogie. It also made me think of Harry Potter and the polyjuice potion, but that's because I'm weird.
Nice word, Grogie. It also made me think of Harry Potter and the polyjuice potion, but that's because I'm weird.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Stargzer
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I wonder if "chrest" is where Crest toothpaste got its name? I can't seem to find any definition of "chrest" that would show it to be the second half of "polychrest."
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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Slava
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Useful.I can't seem to find any definition of "chrest" that would show it to be the second half of "polychrest."
"Greek khrēstomatheia : khrēstos, useful (from khrēsthai, to use; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots) + -matheia, body of learning (from manthanein, math-, to learn; see mendh- in Indo-European roots)."
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I'm not sure what the difference between those two is, but speaking of cure-alls, you'll also find a link at the bottom to a MIDI file that plays the melody for the lyrics. (You'll have to hit Replay for each verse and chorus, but I think it's much better to read along with the tune. Oh, yeah: "poteen" is pronounce pō-chēn' or pə-chēn' all the times I've heard it.)
That bottle of House of Lords from Edradour sitting over by the sink keeps calling me ... I've already drained the Jameson.
That bottle of House of Lords from Edradour sitting over by the sink keeps calling me ... I've already drained the Jameson.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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