Synonyms:
elixir
Meaning: a substance believed to cure all ills
Synonyms:
philosopher's_stone, philosophers'_stone, elixir
Meaning: hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Synonyms:
elixir
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
He pretended to find the elixir of life, and Louis expected by his means to have enjoyed the crown for a century.
He discoursed learnedly upon projections, cimentations, sublimations, the elixir of life, and the universal alkahest; and on the death of Delisle gave out that the secret of that great adept had been communicated to him, and to him only.
His forced abstemiousness was rendered the more intolerable by the fact that Captain Puffin, hobbling in immediately afterwards, fetched from his locker a large flask of the required elixir, and proceeded to mix himself a long, strong tumblerful. After the Major's rudeness in the matter of the half-crown, it was impossible for any sailor of spirit to take the first step towards reconciliation.