The Wonderful World Of Words, 2/15/17
Amortentia doesn’t really create love, of course. It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love. No, this will simply cause a powerful infatuation or obsession...When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love ….
--Slughorn
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
DEFINITION:
Noun
A drink to bring about love and desire. A love potion
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
from Latin "philtrum", and/or from Greek "philtron"
PRONUNCIATION:
\ˈfil-tər
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
12
USAGE/EXAMPLES:
A philter I can concoct, with liquids and powders and incantations.
--The Journeyer
by Gary Jennings, 2010
And no tonic is quite as powerful as the Purity PHILTER made from the Century Lily. And, of course, as you know, the Purity PHILTER is most potent for a man when it is made by the woman he loves..
--Cross Blades: The Purity Prophecy
by Alexander Paulk's, 2012
If Valentine's Day was not as amorous as you would have wished, you may elect to employ the help of a PHILTER to ensure success come next year. If you lack such skills as would the creation of a PHILTER require, well, I just happen to know a guy who knows a guy...
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