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Meanings of nostrum in English

Portuguese
panaceia
Catalan
panacea

Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists.

        panaceia
        Usage of nostrum in English
        1
        We may safely feel certain that the nostrum was not liquid oxygen.
        The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 3 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
        2
        Senator Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, denounced this proposition as a quack nostrum.
        Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
        3
        Their new economic nostrum was the very toxin the Founders had warned against.
        The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
        4
        Still, the young native of Cologne delayed some time before using the nostrum.
        Barbara Blomberg — Volume 02
        5
        When I try any illustrious nostrum, I shall give the preference to this.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        6
        This is the true and only nostrum for that purpose.
        Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches
        7
        This French business, on the other hand, is a nostrum and a mere excrescence.
        In the South Seas / Being an Account of Experiences and Observat...
        8
        There is no nostrum, no receipt for taking it away.
        The Silent Isle
        9
        A taking label is as valuable to a party as it is to a nostrum.
        Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
        10
        The last dodgy nostrum I fell for was cryonics.
        Futures 1
        11
        Snivel here receives a nostrum from the lady's purse.
        Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
        12
        We are not ventilating a nostrum, we are preaching a divine revelation, a divine revealer.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
        13
        Was it to be treated as a domestic nostrum?
        Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
        14
        No, I will not; for then I may sin again, and trust to the same nostrum.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        15
        Indeed, these horses seem to their owners not to be worth the price of a nostrum.
        There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
        16
        But it's practically a nostrum all by itself.
        The Wise Man’s Fear
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        panacea
        Nostrum through the time