Orvietan noun.
[ɔ:vɪ'eɪt(ǝ)n] Long
obsolete exc.
Hist. L17.[French orviétan or Italian orvietano, from Orvieto (see ORVIETO), the inventor's birthplace: see -AN.]A composition held to be a universal antidote against poisons.
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