Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
orvietan
noun · first attested 17th century
A famous fake cure-all is named for the same Umbrian town.
A supposed antidote sold by travelling quacks.
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- Named for a product of the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Orvieto
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orvietan
Orvietan was hawked across Europe as a universal antidote. It kept the name of the town its first vendor came from.
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