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Definition of catholicon in English: catholiconnoun kəˈθɒlɪkɒnkəˈTHäliˌkän rare A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases; a panacea. Example sentencesExamples - This medicine, taken 4 or 5 times a day, will fulfill every indication that the boasted panaceas and catholicons can perform.
- A good wife is a Catholicon for all the evils that happen in life.
- "Mithridate" and "Venice treacle," each composed of forty antagonizing ingredients, were the great Catholicons.
- Understanding there are no true catholicons in this world, I must fight to bring awareness to the public so we may one day find a cure.
- Death is the cure of all diseases. There is no Catholicon or universal remedy I know but this.
Synonyms universal cure, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, heal-all, nostrum, elixir, wonder drug, perfect solution, magic formula, magic bullet
Origin Late Middle English: medieval Latin, from Greek dia katholikōn 'made of general ingredients': compare with diacatholicon. Definition of catholicon in US English: catholiconnounkəˈTHäliˌkän rare A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases; a panacea. Example sentencesExamples - Death is the cure of all diseases. There is no Catholicon or universal remedy I know but this.
- This medicine, taken 4 or 5 times a day, will fulfill every indication that the boasted panaceas and catholicons can perform.
- Understanding there are no true catholicons in this world, I must fight to bring awareness to the public so we may one day find a cure.
- "Mithridate" and "Venice treacle," each composed of forty antagonizing ingredients, were the great Catholicons.
- A good wife is a Catholicon for all the evils that happen in life.
Synonyms universal cure, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, heal-all, nostrum, elixir, wonder drug, perfect solution, magic formula, magic bullet
Origin Late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek dia katholikōn ‘made of general ingredients’: compare with diacatholicon. |