Defenition of the word elixir

• Defenition of the word elixir

  • a substance believed to cure all ills
  • 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

Hyponyms for the word elixir

• • elixir of life

Hypernyms for the word elixir

• • catholicon
  • cure-all
  • liquid
  • nostrum
  • panacea
  • potion
  • substance

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