Associations to the word «Nepenthe»

Wiktionary

NEPENTHE, noun. (archaic) A drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow; nepenthes. [from 16th c.]

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan