witch's milk

witch's milk

English

Etymology

From the belief in European folklore that such milk was a source of nourishment for witches' familiars.[1]

Noun

witch's milk (uncountable)

1. Milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies.
   • 2005, Judith Lauwers; Anna Swisher, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 119:

     Left alone, witch's milk disappears in about 20 days.

Synonyms

• neonatal milk

Translations

milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies

Chinese: Cantonese: 巫乳 (mou4 jyu5) Danish: heksemælk (da) c Dutch: heksenmelk (nl) m German: Hexenmilch (de) f Japanese: 魔乳 (ja) (まにゅう, manyū), 鬼乳, 奇乳 (きにゅう, kinyū) Norwegian: Bokmål: heksemelk m or f Nynorsk: heksemjølk f Swedish: häxmjölk (sv) c

References

1. Potts, Malcolm (1999) Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality‎, →ISBN, page 145