Elixir - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪˈlɪksər|
Brit.
|ɪˈlɪksə(r)|
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
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- a substance believed to cure all ills
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- a substance believed to cure all ills
Extra examples
...warned that casino gambling would not be an elixir for all of the region's economic woes...
The current new wave of technology should prove an economic elixir.
Word forms
noun
singular: elixir
plural: elixirs
singular: elixir
plural: elixirs
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