elixirn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈlɪksɪə/,

/ᵻˈlɪksə/, U.S.

/əˈlɪksər/,

/iˈlɪksər/

Forms: Middle English elixir, lexer, Middle English–1600s elixar, elixer, (1500s alixer).

Etymology: < medieval Latin elixir (compare French élixir , Italian elissire , Spanish elíxir , Portuguese elexir ), < Arabic al-iksīr (= sense 1), probably < late Greek ξήριον ‘desiccative powder for wounds’.

a. Alchemy. A preparation by the use of which it was sought to change metals into gold. Sometimes identified with ‘the philosopher's stone’; but perhaps of wider meaning, including powders, liquids, or vapours used for the same purpose. Also elixir-stone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > substances used in > elixir

elixirc1386

tinct1471

tincture1599

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 310 The philosophre stoon, Elixir clept, we sechen fast echoon.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in Ashm. 188 Thow must devyde thy Elixer whyte into partyes two.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. ii. 355 The philosophers stone, called Alixer.

1614 S. Rowlands Fooles Bolt soone Shott 9 Fryer-Bacon..could teach Kelley the Elixar stone.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 607 What wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth Elixir pure, and Rivers run Potable Gold.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 297 A Good Man is like the Elixir, it turns Iron into Gold.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 481 [Roger Bacon sought] a transmuting elixir with unlimited powers.

b. transferred and figurative.

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1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. iv. 198 True Feare's th' Elixar, which, in days of old, Turn'd leaden Crosses into Crownes of Gold.

1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 130 She taught him Loves Elixar, by which Art, His Godhead into Gold he did convert.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 51 I shall bless the kindly wrench that..left all grace Ashes in death's stern alembic, loosed elixir in its place.

a. A supposed drug or essence with the property of indefinitely prolonging life; imagined by the alchemists to be either identical with, or closely related to, the ‘elixir’ of sense 1. More fully, elixir of life (tr. medieval Latin elixir vitæ).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > non-remedial medicine > elixirs of life

stone1390

philosophers' stonea1393

vegetativec1450

ferment1471

egg of philosophersc1484

vegetable stonea1500

vegetant stone1576

philosophical stone1581

elixir1605

philosophers' work1612

philosophic stone1647

water stone of the wise men1649

elixir of youth1725

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > elixirs of life

stone1390

philosophers' stonea1393

vegetativec1450

ferment1471

egg of philosophersc1484

vegetable stonea1500

vegetant stone1576

philosophical stone1581

amphicome1601

erotylos1601

elixir1605

philosophers' work1612

philosophic stone1647

elixir of youth1725

1266 R. Bacon Opus Minus (Rolls Ser.) 314 Medicinam..quam philosophi vocant Elixir..Si libra medicinæ projiciatur super mille plumbi fiet..aurum..Et hoc est quod corpora infirma reducet ad sanitatem..et vitam..ultra contenarios annorum prolongabit.]

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii [Mercury, sulphur, and salt]..brought into one bodie (which the Arabians call elixir)..wil be..a medicine, etc.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon IV. 324 The..secrets of alchemy and the elixir vitæ.

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 136 I know too where the Genii hid The jewell'd cup of their King Jamshid, With Life's elixir sparkling high.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 262 Honey..was, in her mind,..the true elixir vitæ.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xii. 299 Though the elixir of life has never been distilled.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. ii. i. 75 Carillo had been glad to toy with magic, and pursue the elixir of life.

b. A sovereign remedy for disease. Hence adopted as a name for quack medicines, as Daffy's elixir, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > supremely effective medicine

treacle?1543

magisterium1585

magistery1594

mummy1605

elixir1632

mummia1652

1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iv. iii. sig. I2 A little Cyath, or quantitie of my potable Elixir.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. li. 171 The best Elixar for souls drooping pain.

1681 Ashmole Diary 11 Apr. I took early in the morning a good dose of elixer.

1681 London Gaz. No. 1679/4 Anthony Daffy, Author of the Famous Elixir Salutis.

1713 J. Gay & A. Pope in Guardian 24 Mar. 1/2 The Grand Elixir, to support the Spirits of Human Nature.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 79 Take your glass to clear your een, 'Tis the elixir heals the spleen.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. An universal medicine..called by way of excellence, the grand elixir.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 223 A sip of Daffy's elixir..has proved a powerful means of Grace.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft v. 144 Before he established the reputation of his..elixir, or pill.

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a. A strong extract or tincture. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > liquid or volatile principle

elixir1597

tincture1602

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. iv. 38 And bring Quintessence of Elixir pale, Out of sublimed spirits minerall.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. ii.93 The remainder, is..an Oleous Elixyr, or extract, in the form of a Milk.

1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) ii. xvii. 480 The name Elixir has been given to many Infusions, or Tinctures of spirituous bodies prepared in spirituous menstruum's.

1820 W. Scott Abbot III. i. 14 That elixir..being in truth a curious distillation of rectified acetum.

b. figurative. The quintessence or soul of a thing; its kernel or secret principle.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] > quintessence

quintessence1579

essence1582

fifth-essence1584

elixir1638

distillation1650

sublimate1657

alcohol1830

quintessential1899

1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. Pref. §1 The Spirit and Elixir of all that can be said in defence of your Church and Doctrine.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 64 A distill'd quintessence, a pure elixar of mischief, pestilent alike to all.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 366 The chief Elixir of its [sc. love's] Nature is founded in the Excellency of a Spirit, that Suffers for anothers sake.

1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 9 Sometimes..the rank unmitigated elixir, the family vice, is drawn off in a separate individual.

4. Pharmacology. (See quot.) elixir of vitriol: aromatic sulphuric acid. paregoric elixir: see paregoric elixir n. at paregoric n. and adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > tincture > [noun] > specific tinctures

potable Mars1694

elixir1736

Huxham's tincture1788

sacred elixir1797

sacred tincture1797

alcoholature1831

mother tincture1842

Mimulus1933

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) An Elixir is a compound magistery, i.e. a composition of various bodies chang'd after the same manner as a single body.

1783 F. Michaelis in Med. Communications 1 350 He ordered her..a gargle of decoction of bark, with elixir of vitriol.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. viii. 203 Elixir of calisaya bark.

1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Elixir, a preparation similar to a compound tincture. Also applied in a compound of many drugs with syrup and spirit.

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5. Botany elixir of love n. an orchid ( Grammatophyllum speciosum), a native of Java. Also a decoction made from the seeds of this plant.

Compounds

elixir-like adj.

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1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. lxix. 149 Ô Teares! Elixar like turne all to pearle you touch.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 165 Soft dispositions which ductill be, Elixar-like, shee makes not cleane, but new.

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elixir of youth n. a preparation supposedly able to prolong youthfulness or to reverse the ageing process; (also figurative) something that gives a person vitality and vigour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > non-remedial medicine > elixirs of life

stone1390

philosophers' stonea1393

vegetativec1450

ferment1471

egg of philosophersc1484

vegetable stonea1500

vegetant stone1576

philosophical stone1581

elixir1605

philosophers' work1612

philosophic stone1647

water stone of the wise men1649

elixir of youth1725

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > elixirs of life

stone1390

philosophers' stonea1393

vegetativec1450

ferment1471

egg of philosophersc1484

vegetable stonea1500

vegetant stone1576

philosophical stone1581

amphicome1601

erotylos1601

elixir1605

philosophers' work1612

philosophic stone1647

elixir of youth1725

1725 tr. T.-S. Gueullette Chinese Tales II. 164 To make a Proof of my Elixir of Youth [Fr. Elixir de Jouvence]; I swallowed some Drops of it when I went to Bed, and getting up next. Morning.., I did not seem to be, as I thought, above Five and Twenty, though I was near Fifty.

1846 Morning Post 25 June 6/2 The real elixir of youth..is happiness.

1988 Omni June 122/1 (advt.) Cure-alls, tonics and elixirs of youth—the shelves of health food stores and pharmacies are crammed with products that claim to work magic.

2013 C. Peers Battles Anc. China x. 141 Some time in the late T'ang period Chinese alchemists, paradoxically in search of the elixir of youth, had discovered the explosive properties of a primitive form of gunpowder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	elixir
释义	elixirn. Brit. /ᵻˈlɪksɪə/, /ᵻˈlɪksə/, U.S. /əˈlɪksər/, /iˈlɪksər/ Forms: Middle English elixir, lexer, Middle English–1600s elixar, elixer, (1500s alixer). Etymology: < medieval Latin elixir (compare French élixir , Italian elissire , Spanish elíxir , Portuguese elexir ), < Arabic al-iksīr (= sense 1), probably < late Greek ξήριον ‘desiccative powder for wounds’. 1. a. Alchemy. A preparation by the use of which it was sought to change metals into gold. Sometimes identified with ‘the philosopher's stone’; but perhaps of wider meaning, including powders, liquids, or vapours used for the same purpose. Also elixir-stone. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > substances used in > elixir elixirc1386 tinct1471 tincture1599 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 310 The philosophre stoon, Elixir clept, we sechen fast echoon. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in Ashm. 188 Thow must devyde thy Elixer whyte into partyes two. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. ii. 355 The philosophers stone, called Alixer. 1614 S. Rowlands Fooles Bolt soone Shott 9 Fryer-Bacon..could teach Kelley the Elixar stone. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 607 What wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth Elixir pure, and Rivers run Potable Gold. View more context for this quotation 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 297 A Good Man is like the Elixir, it turns Iron into Gold. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 481 [Roger Bacon sought] a transmuting elixir with unlimited powers. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. iv. 198 True Feare's th' Elixar, which, in days of old, Turn'd leaden Crosses into Crownes of Gold. 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 130 She taught him Loves Elixar, by which Art, His Godhead into Gold he did convert. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 51 I shall bless the kindly wrench that..left all grace Ashes in death's stern alembic, loosed elixir in its place. 2. a. A supposed drug or essence with the property of indefinitely prolonging life; imagined by the alchemists to be either identical with, or closely related to, the ‘elixir’ of sense 1. More fully, elixir of life (tr. medieval Latin elixir vitæ). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > non-remedial medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 water stone of the wise men1649 elixir of youth1725 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 amphicome1601 erotylos1601 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 elixir of youth1725 1266 R. Bacon Opus Minus (Rolls Ser.) 314 Medicinam..quam philosophi vocant Elixir..Si libra medicinæ projiciatur super mille plumbi fiet..aurum..Et hoc est quod corpora infirma reducet ad sanitatem..et vitam..ultra contenarios annorum prolongabit.] 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii [Mercury, sulphur, and salt]..brought into one bodie (which the Arabians call elixir)..wil be..a medicine, etc. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon IV. 324 The..secrets of alchemy and the elixir vitæ. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 136 I know too where the Genii hid The jewell'd cup of their King Jamshid, With Life's elixir sparkling high. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 262 Honey..was, in her mind,..the true elixir vitæ. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xii. 299 Though the elixir of life has never been distilled. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. ii. i. 75 Carillo had been glad to toy with magic, and pursue the elixir of life. b. A sovereign remedy for disease. Hence adopted as a name for quack medicines, as Daffy's elixir, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > supremely effective medicine treacle?1543 magisterium1585 magistery1594 mummy1605 elixir1632 mummia1652 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iv. iii. sig. I2 A little Cyath, or quantitie of my potable Elixir. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. li. 171 The best Elixar for souls drooping pain. 1681 Ashmole Diary 11 Apr. I took early in the morning a good dose of elixer. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1679/4 Anthony Daffy, Author of the Famous Elixir Salutis. 1713 J. Gay & A. Pope in Guardian 24 Mar. 1/2 The Grand Elixir, to support the Spirits of Human Nature. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 79 Take your glass to clear your een, 'Tis the elixir heals the spleen. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. An universal medicine..called by way of excellence, the grand elixir. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 223 A sip of Daffy's elixir..has proved a powerful means of Grace. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft v. 144 Before he established the reputation of his..elixir, or pill. †3. a. A strong extract or tincture. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > liquid or volatile principle elixir1597 tincture1602 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. iv. 38 And bring Quintessence of Elixir pale, Out of sublimed spirits minerall. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. ii.93 The remainder, is..an Oleous Elixyr, or extract, in the form of a Milk. 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) ii. xvii. 480 The name Elixir has been given to many Infusions, or Tinctures of spirituous bodies prepared in spirituous menstruum's. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. i. 14 That elixir..being in truth a curious distillation of rectified acetum. b. figurative. The quintessence or soul of a thing; its kernel or secret principle. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] > quintessence quintessence1579 essence1582 fifth-essence1584 elixir1638 distillation1650 sublimate1657 alcohol1830 quintessential1899 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. Pref. §1 The Spirit and Elixir of all that can be said in defence of your Church and Doctrine. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 64 A distill'd quintessence, a pure elixar of mischief, pestilent alike to all. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 366 The chief Elixir of its [sc. love's] Nature is founded in the Excellency of a Spirit, that Suffers for anothers sake. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 9 Sometimes..the rank unmitigated elixir, the family vice, is drawn off in a separate individual. 4. Pharmacology. (See quot.) elixir of vitriol: aromatic sulphuric acid. paregoric elixir: see paregoric elixir n. at paregoric n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > tincture > [noun] > specific tinctures potable Mars1694 elixir1736 Huxham's tincture1788 sacred elixir1797 sacred tincture1797 alcoholature1831 mother tincture1842 Mimulus1933 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) An Elixir is a compound magistery, i.e. a composition of various bodies chang'd after the same manner as a single body. 1783 F. Michaelis in Med. Communications 1 350 He ordered her..a gargle of decoction of bark, with elixir of vitriol. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. viii. 203 Elixir of calisaya bark. 1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Elixir, a preparation similar to a compound tincture. Also applied in a compound of many drugs with syrup and spirit. Categories » 5. Botany elixir of love n. an orchid ( Grammatophyllum speciosum), a native of Java. Also a decoction made from the seeds of this plant. Compounds elixir-like adj. ΚΠ 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. lxix. 149 Ô Teares! Elixar like turne all to pearle you touch. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 165 Soft dispositions which ductill be, Elixar-like, shee makes not cleane, but new. Draft additions March 2021 elixir of youth n. a preparation supposedly able to prolong youthfulness or to reverse the ageing process; (also figurative) something that gives a person vitality and vigour. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > non-remedial medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 water stone of the wise men1649 elixir of youth1725 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 amphicome1601 erotylos1601 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 elixir of youth1725 1725 tr. T.-S. Gueullette Chinese Tales II. 164 To make a Proof of my Elixir of Youth [Fr. Elixir de Jouvence]; I swallowed some Drops of it when I went to Bed, and getting up next. Morning.., I did not seem to be, as I thought, above Five and Twenty, though I was near Fifty. 1846 Morning Post 25 June 6/2 The real elixir of youth..is happiness. 1988 Omni June 122/1 (advt.) Cure-alls, tonics and elixirs of youth—the shelves of health food stores and pharmacies are crammed with products that claim to work magic. 2013 C. Peers Battles Anc. China x. 141 Some time in the late T'ang period Chinese alchemists, paradoxically in search of the elixir of youth, had discovered the explosive properties of a primitive form of gunpowder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † elixirv. Etymology: < elixir n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To distil as an elixir; to work upon as by an elixir. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to distillation distil1398 stilla1400 rectify?a1425 circulate1471 redistil1600 elixirate1605 to still forth1605 to still awaya1631 cohobate1651 to draw over1654 elixira1658 a1658 R. Lovelace To J. Hall in Wks. (1864) 252 Thou hast so spirited, elixir'd, we Conceive there is a noble alchymie. Derivatives eˈlixired adj. concentrated, refined. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to distillation > that has undergone distilleda1475 rectified1576 elixed1602 stillified1608 alcoholizated1651 alcoholized1651 elixireda1658 elixirated1658 a1658 R. Lovelace Toad & Spider 200 Then in his self the lymbeck turns, And his elixir'd poyson urns. 1658 P. Cleveland Upon Mr. J. Cleveland (single sheet) Rich in Elixar'd Measures, and in all That could breath Sense in Airs Emphatical. 1659 Elegies 10 in R. Lovelace Lucasta: Posthume Poems This elixir'd Medecine, For greatest grief a soveraign anodine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1386v.a1658
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elixirn.

Compounds

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† elixirv.

Derivatives