Elixir
[ɪ'lɪksə;-sɪə] or [ɪ'lɪksɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a substance believed to cure all ills.
(noun.) a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.
Inputed by Eleanor--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
(n.) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
(n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.
(n.) Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
Typed by Emile
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cordial.[2]. (Med.) Compound tincture.
Checked by Brady
Definition
n. more fully Elixir vit or Elixir of life a liquor once supposed to have the power of indefinitely prolonging life or of transmuting metals: the quintessence of anything: a substance which invigorates: (med.) a compound tincture.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of the elixir of life, denotes that there will come into your environments new pleasures and new possibilities.
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Examples
- No down was ever softer, no elixir more potent! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I don't delude myself that I shall find an elixir of life in Dresden. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He told me that Daffy's Elixir was poison. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Percolate till clear, and then add to simple elixir. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Edited by Eileen