Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lohoch

/ˈloʊhɑk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lo-hoch
IPA: /ˈloʊhɑk/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.

Example Sentences

"We may obtain, then, a just idea of the constitution of this liquid [milk], if we look upon it as a soft, liquid substance, a kind of loch,^* in which caseine, sugar, &c., are dissolved, and in which the fatty or oily substance is distributed in small, rounded atoms. [Footnote *: Loch, or lohoch, is an Arabian name for a medicine of a consistence between an electuary and a sirup, and usually taken by licking.[…]]"
"Uncle James had caught a cold too, so I went with Grissel; and found a chemist who'd been in France, and knew what a loch was and made one for me; […]"
"[Rembert] Dodoens specifically recommends the preparation of a lohoch or loch – a 'licking medicine', of middle consistency, between a soft electuary and a syrup – for relief of obstruction, shortness of breath and an old, hard cough."

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lohoc, looch, from Arabic لَعْق (laʕq, “to lick”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: lohoc, لَعْق, ل ع ق

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈloʊhɑk/
British English: /ˈləʊhɒk/

Inflected Forms

lohochs (plural) loch (alternative) looch (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce lohoch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈloʊhɑk/.
What does lohoch mean?: A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.
Where does lohoch come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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