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Meaning of love potion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.

Equivalents

Bahasa Indonesia guna-guna
日本語 ほれぐすり
Latina philtrum

Examples

“One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.”
“I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.”
“Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients of love-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have prepared in order to win the love of a widow.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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