Elixir Definition & Meaning
elixir
- noun
- 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
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- a substance believed to cure all ills
"Elixir" in song lyrics
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"Elixir"
3 Melancholy Gypsies — The Plannit -
"Succulent aqua marines hide the in by sweetest elixir"
Aesop Rock — Hold the Cup -
"Wicked as a wizard with a liquid elixir"
Army of the Pharaohs — The Torture Papers
Words that rhyme with elixir
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- What does elixir mean?
- 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 hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold a substance believed to cure all ills
- What part of speech is elixir?
- Elixir is a noun.
- How many definitions does elixir have?
- Elixir has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).