mithridatizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Mithridates +‎ -ize, in reference to Mithridates VI of Pontus.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪθrəˈdeɪdaɪz/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪθrɪdeɪtʌɪz/, /mɪˈθrɪdətʌɪz/

動詞

mithridatize (三人称単数 現在形 mithridatizes, 現在分詞 mithridatizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 mithridatized)

1. (US) To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses.
   • 1866, J.R. Lowell, letter:

     Our constitutions adapt themselves to the slow poison of the world till we become mithridatized at last.

   • 1890, E.R. Lankester, The Advancement of Science, p. 114:

     Poisonous snakes are... ‘mithridatised’ in regard to their own poison.

   Her experiences in high school gradually mithridatized her to the ways of men.