aristippus n.
1. Canary wine.
Works [Haliwell] II 422: Rich aristippus, sparkling sherry [F&H]. | ||
True Born Englishman in Works (1870) 598: The Sages [...] Praise Epicurus rather than Lysander, And Aristippus more than Alexander. |
2. a diet drink, made of sarsparilla, cinchona bark and other ingredients, available at certain coffee houses.
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Aristippus, a Decoction of Sarsa, China, etc. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |