Nostrum
Definition of Nostrum
Nos´trum
Pronunciation:
~trŭm
n.
1.
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
.
2.
Any
scheme
or
device
proposed
by
a
quack
.
The
incentives
of
agitators
,
the
arts
of
impostors
and
the
nostrums
of
quacks
.
- Brougham.
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
.
Related Words
curative
,
cure
,
cure-all
,
elixir
,
panacea
,
remedy
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nosey
Nosing
Nosle
Nosocomial
Nosography
Nosological
Nosologist
Nosology
Nosophen
Nosophobia
Nosopoetic
Nost
nostalgia
Nostalgic
Nostalgy
Nostoc
Nostocaceae
Nostril
-Nostrum-
nosy
Not
Not . . . but
Not a circumstance
not give a hoot
Not proven
Not so neither
Not to be sneezed at
Not to care a rap
Not to stand on ceremony
Not worth a cress
Not worth a curse
Not worth a hair
Not worth a kers
Not worth a rap
Not worth the candle
Not-pated
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