elixir
A liquid which converts lead to goldA liquid which converts lead to gold.
» Ziri drank the elixir of immortality.
Meaning
4 sensesA liquid which converts lead to gold.
Elixier
эликси́рeliksír
A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life.
Elixier, Zaubertrunk, Heilmittel
эликси́рeliksír, панаце́яpanacéja
a substance believed to cure all ills
(broadly)The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea.
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.
Elixier, Heilmittel
эликси́рeliksír
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
Examples
11 sentencesZiri drank the elixir of immortality.
Have I accidentally created a magical elixir?
ruЯ случайно создал волшебное зелье?
deHabe ich aus Versehen einen Zaubertrank gebraut?
Tom searched for the elixir of life.
Ziri took a sip of the elixir.
The glass bottle contained a precious elixir which could cure any disease.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Medieval Latin elixir (“philosopher's stone”), from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr, “From Medieval Latin elixir (“philosopher's stone”), from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr, “philosopher's stone”), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “powder for drying wounds”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
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Forms
plural: elixirsSynonyms
2 synonyms- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold:philosopher's stonephilosophers' stone