Ichorate
/ˈaɪ.kə.reɪt/noun
To convert into ichor or become ichorous, especially in an obsolete medical or poetic sense.
Did you know?In Greek mythology, ichor was not ordinary blood: it was the divine fluid flowing in the veins of the Olympian gods, and Homer describes it spilling when immortals were wounded.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἰχώρ (ikhṓr)
“The ethereal fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods; later, a thin or foul discharge from a wound.”
Late Greek / Medieval Latin
Greek/Latin
ichor
“A divine bodily fluid in learned and medical writing, with the meaning later extended to wound discharge.”
17th Century
English
ichor
“A thin, watery, often offensive discharge from an ulcer or wound; also the mythological fluid of the gods.”
19th Century
English
ichorate
“To turn into ichor or to become ichorous, formed from ichor with the verb-forming suffix -ate.”
Modern English
English
ichorate
“A rare and largely obsolete verb meaning to become or make ichorous.”