Mithridatic adjective. [mɪƟrɪ'datɪk] In sense 2 also mithridatic. M17.
[Latin mithridaticus from Greek Mithridatikos, from Mithridatēs: see below, -IC.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling Mithridates VI, king of Pontus (d. 63 BC), who reputedly made himself immune to poisons by constantly using antidotes. M17.

2. Pertaining to or of the nature of mithridatism. M19.

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