[
US
/ɪˈɫɪksɝ/
]
[ UK /ɪlˈɪksɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɪlˈɪksɐ/ ]
NOUN
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- 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
- a substance believed to cure all ills
How To Use elixir In A Sentence
- Thanks to a swift horse powered by a mysterious elixir, he intercepts Domenico, wounding him mortally.
- Another method is the simple technique of healing with crystals by using elixirs or essences.
- Pharmaceutical regulation is driven by horror stories like the sulfanilamide elixir and thalidomide. Technological Nightmares (Lecture)~ Six Concerns
- So far it was thought to belong to a mad scientist, who had a hook for a hand, and had killed twenty females while trying to create the elixir of life.
- This image evolved over the decades, and the moonshiner became fixed as a corncob-pipe-smoking craftsman filling stoneware jugs with a clear and tasty elixir while keeping an eye out for pesky revenuers. Hipster Moonshine
- Here we like to believe that our products are magic elixirs, almost like a gift the doctor is dispensing to the patient for coming to see him.
- Fluid mixtures and elixirs have been used for centuries, and provided a convenient method by which a measured dose could be administered to a patient.
- As early as the third century, Chinese alchemists used formulations of mercury as elixirs and attempted to transmute other substances into gold to use the gold as an elixir to prolong life.
- The current new wave of technology should prove an economic elixir.
- In the eternal quest for a fountain of youth, no elixir is beyond the realm of consideration. ProWomanProLife » Mmm, I think I’ll pass
