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nostrum
(encz) | nostrum,všelék n: |
nostrum
(encz) | nostrum,zázračný lektvar n: |
Nostrum
(gcide) | Nostrum \Nos"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. Nostrums (-tr[u^]mz).
[Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]
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1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for
the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the
inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
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2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
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The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors
and the nostrums of quacks. --Brougham.
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3. Any scheme asserted to solve a problem, but with no
objective basis for belief in its effectiveness; esp., in
politics, a scheme or proposal likely to prove popular
with voters.
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nostrum
(wn) | nostrum
n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought
by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon,
cure-all]
2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable |
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mare nostrum
(encz) | mare nostrum, n: |
nostrum
(encz) | nostrum,všelék n: nostrum,zázračný lektvar n: |
mare nostrum
(gcide) | mare nostrum \mare nostrum\ n. [L. our sea.]
The term used by the ancient Romans to refer to the
Mediterranean Sea.
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Nostrums
(gcide) | Nostrum \Nos"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. Nostrums (-tr[u^]mz).
[Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for
the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the
inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
[1913 Webster]
The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors
and the nostrums of quacks. --Brougham.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any scheme asserted to solve a problem, but with no
objective basis for belief in its effectiveness; esp., in
politics, a scheme or proposal likely to prove popular
with voters.
[PJC] |
mare nostrum
(wn) | mare nostrum
n 1: (our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans |
nostrum
(wn) | nostrum
n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought
by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon,
cure-all]
2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable |
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