‖ Euphrasia
(juːˈfreɪzɪə)
Also 8 euphragia.
[L. form of next.]
1. Bot. = euphrasy 1.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Euphragia or Euphrasia, the Herb Eye-bright. 1865 Tylor Early Hist. Man. vi. 123 The Euphrasia, or eye-bright, was, and is, supposed to be good for the eyes. |
2. In etymological sense: Cheerfulness.
| 1882 T. Ribot Dis. Memory ii. 109 An organic lesion..may transform the cœnæsthesis..producing undue joyousness..of which the most striking example is seen in the euphrasia of the dying. |