: a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine)
Examples of potion in a Sentence
He drank the fatal potion.
The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess.
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The Eleusinian Mysteries, the annual rite honoring Demeter that was performed in Greece for nearly two thousand years, climaxed with the consumption of a potion called the kykeon, which was said to give participants visions of the afterlife and enable them to commune with their ancestors.—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 This traveling show blends smoke, elixirs, potions, bubbles, cauldrons, alcohol and mocktails for a unique drinking engagement.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025 Their body parts, and especially their head, are used in potions or as charms to predict the future.—Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 Scents on offer include juicy mango, love potion, fresh cotton and sea salt, and thunderstorm.—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for potion
Word History
Etymology
Middle English pocioun, from Anglo-French poisun, pocioun drink, potion, from Latin potion-, potio, from potare to drink — more at potable
Middle English pocioun "a mixture of liquids," from early French poisun, pocioun (same meaning), from Latin potion-, potio "a drink, potion," from potare "to drink" — related to poison
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