Phrase guide

witch's milk

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neonatal milk

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the belief in European folklore that such milk was a source of nourishment for witches' familiars.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 巫乳 (mou4 jyu5) — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Danish: heksemælk — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Dutch: heksenmelk — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • German: Hexenmilch — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Japanese: 魔乳 (manyū) — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Japanese: 鬼乳 — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Japanese: 奇乳 (kinyū) — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heksemelk — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heksemjølk — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Polish: mleko czarownic — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies
  • Swedish: häxmjölk — milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies