Elixir (Noun)
Meaning 1
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The pharmacist added a few drops of cherry elixir to the medicine to make it more palatable for the child.
- The doctor prescribed a cough syrup that came with a pleasant orange elixir to mask its bitter taste.
- The patient had trouble swallowing the medication, so the nurse mixed it with a sweet grape elixir to make it easier to take.
- The herbal remedy was unpleasantly bitter, but the addition of a lemon elixir made it tolerable to drink.
- The elderly woman found it difficult to take her daily vitamins, but the pharmacist's strawberry elixir made them more enjoyable to swallow.
Meaning 2
A substance believed to cure all ills.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.