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elixir
/ɪˈlɪksɚ/
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What does elixir mean?
noun
- A liquid which converts lead to gold.
- A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life.
- The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea.
More meanings (1)
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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈlɪksɚ/
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Jobs in the Hut were the elixir of life, and a day's cooking was no exception to the rule.
The subtle, pungent, ravishing odours on the wind, of unfolding leaves, ice-water washed plants, and catkin pollen, were an elixir to humanity.
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Like a subtle and mysterious elixir poured into the perishable clay of successive generations, it grows in truth, splendour, and potency with the march of ages.
He would have been greatly irritated and thrown off his balance, had any one told him that the elixir of gold is nothing but the perchloride of iron.
The fundamental principles of nearly every branch of modern science were the gradual metamorphoses of the investigations of the old searchers after the "philosopher's stone" and "elixir of life."