elixir
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- noun
- /ɪˈlɪksɪr/
- Literature
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elixir
- Many alchemists spent their lives searching for the legendary elixir that could turn lead into gold.
- elixir of life
Examples
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In folklore, the elixir was said to confer magical powers to those who possessed it.
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It's an ancient key to the elixir, but they can't decipher it without my notes.
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"I have an elixir which I picked up in my travels," Alaric said, showing the flask.
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We've travelled at the speed of light to collect this intergalactic elixir only for you team Linda Halbert.
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It'll transform any metal into pure gold... ...and produces the Elixir of Life which will make the drinker immortal."
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In his mixed bloodline, combined with her own, and some of her high priest's magics, to form some sort of high elixir which she means to use to create an army of hybrid vampires.
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The ancient texts described an elixir believed to hold the secrets of alchemical transformation.
Synonyms
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A magical thing that turns metals into gold and makes people live forever
People in old stories say it changes ordinary metals into gold or gives eternal life
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Elixir comes from the Arabic al-iksir, a word used by alchemists who dreamed of a single substance that could turn base metals into gold. So elixir also came to mean the legendary, magical substance believed to transform ordinary metal into gold.