Word of the Day 07/16/22 Bezoar
Bezoar (noun)
bezoar [ bee-zawr, -zohr ]
noun
1. a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, especially ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
2. Obsolete. a counterpoison or antidote.
ORIGIN: 1470–80; earlier bezear < Medieval Latin bezahar < Arabic bā(di)zahr < Persian pād-zahr counterpoison; -o- < New Latin
HOW TO USE BEZOAR IN A SENTENCE
The researchers dubbed these plastic masses “polybezoars” to distinguish them from naturally occurring hair and plant fiber bezoars.
PLASTIC WASTE FORMS HUGE, DEADLY MASSES IN CAMEL GUTS|ASHER JONES|DECEMBER 15, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS
These large apes are the ouanderou and the douc; to them, therefore, we must refer the production of the bezoar.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)|GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
The oldest domesticated goats seem to be descended from the Bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), from the mountains of southwestern Asia.
THE NEW STONE AGE IN NORTHERN EUROPE|JOHN M. TYLER
Other magic medicines exist such as aphrodisiacs, and bezoar stones.
THE MANBOS OF MINDANO|JOHN M. GARVAN
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
bezoar [ bee-zawr, -zohr ]
noun
1. a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, especially ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
2. Obsolete. a counterpoison or antidote.
ORIGIN: 1470–80; earlier bezear < Medieval Latin bezahar < Arabic bā(di)zahr < Persian pād-zahr counterpoison; -o- < New Latin
HOW TO USE BEZOAR IN A SENTENCE
The researchers dubbed these plastic masses “polybezoars” to distinguish them from naturally occurring hair and plant fiber bezoars.
PLASTIC WASTE FORMS HUGE, DEADLY MASSES IN CAMEL GUTS|ASHER JONES|DECEMBER 15, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS
These large apes are the ouanderou and the douc; to them, therefore, we must refer the production of the bezoar.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)|GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
The oldest domesticated goats seem to be descended from the Bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), from the mountains of southwestern Asia.
THE NEW STONE AGE IN NORTHERN EUROPE|JOHN M. TYLER
Other magic medicines exist such as aphrodisiacs, and bezoar stones.
THE MANBOS OF MINDANO|JOHN M. GARVAN
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.