dionise

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: a precious stone dark with red streaks reputed when dissolved in water to prevent drunkenness

Word History

Etymology

Middle English diones, from Middle French dionise, from Latin dionysias, from Greek, of Dionysus, from Dionysos Dionysus

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