What is the meaning of 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. .
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