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tisane

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"Herbal infusion"

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6 lettersPronunciation /tɪˈzæn/Part of speech nounSorted aeinstStarts with TEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. infusion of e.g.

  2. dried or fresh flowers or leaves

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman tysanne, Middle French ptisane, tisane (“barley water, medicinal drink”), and their source, Latin tisana, variant of ptisana, from Ancient Greek πτισάνη (ptisánē, “peeled barley, barley gruel”), from πτίσσειν (ptíssein, “to peel, to crush”).

Used in a sentence

  • Ptisan. A diluent drink which makes a great figure in the dietetic precepts of the ancients.
  • “Neither,” said Poirot, “I shall go to bed and take a tisane. The expected has happened […].”
  • The sick people would take away also some herbs for their ptisan, some wine and other comforts […].

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