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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•lix•ir /ɪˈlɪksɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an imaginary preparation believed to be capable of prolonging life, or of changing ordinary metal into gold.
- something that can cure all ills.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•lix•ir (i lik′sər),USA pronunciation n. - Drugs[Pharm.]a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing, or used as a vehicle for, medicinal substances.
- Also called elix′ir of life′. an alchemic preparation formerly believed to be capable of prolonging life.
- an alchemic preparation formerly believed to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold.
- the quintessence or absolute embodiment of anything.
- a panacea;
cure-all;
sovereign remedy.
- Late Greek xé̄rion drying powder (for wounds), equivalent. to Greek xēr(ós) dry + -ion, neuter of -ios adjective, adjectival suffix
- Arabic al iksīr alchemical preparation
- Medieval Latin
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: elixir /ɪˈlɪksə/ n - an alchemical preparation supposed to be capable of prolonging life indefinitely (elixir of life) or of transmuting base metals into gold
- anything that purports to be a sovereign remedy; panacea
- an underlying principle; quintessence
- a liquid containing a medicinal drug with syrup, glycerine, or alcohol added to mask its unpleasant taste
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic al iksīr the elixir, probably from Greek xērion powder used for drying wounds, from xēros dry |