English-Thai Dictionary

nostrum

N ยาสามัญประจำบ้าน  ยาแผนโบรา ณ  ยากลางบ้าน  cure-all panacea ya-sa-man-pra-jam-ban

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOSTRUM

n.[L. from ours. ] A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOSTRUM

Nos "trum n.; pl. Nostrums. Etym: [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us. ]

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nostrum

nos trum |ˈnästrəm ˈnɑstrəm | ▶noun a medicine, esp. one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person. • a pet scheme or favorite remedy, esp. one for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin, used in the sense ‘(something ) of our own making, ’ neuter of noster ‘our. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

nostrum

nostrum |ˈnɒstrəm | ▶noun a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective. • a scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement: right-wing nostrums such as a wage freeze and cutting public spending. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin, used in the sense ‘(something ) of our own making ’, neuter of noster ‘our ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nostrum

nostrum noun 1 they have to prove their nostrums work: medicine, patent medicine, potion, elixir, panacea, cure-all, wonder drug, quack remedy; informal magic bullet. 2 right-wing nostrums: magic formula, recipe for success, remedy, cure, prescription, answer.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nostrum

nostrum noun 1 the pill pedlars will have to show that their nostrums work: patent medicine, quack remedy, potion, elixir, panacea, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, wonder drug, magic bullet; rare catholicon, diacatholicon, panpharmacon. 2 his successes resulted from such right-wing nostrums as a wage freeze and cutting public spending: remedy, cure, prescription, answer, magic formula, recipe, recipe for success.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nostrum

nos trum /nɑ́strəm |nɔ́s -/〖＜ラテン 〗名詞 C 1 ｟かたく ｠(実際にはうまくいかないであろう )秘策, 特効薬 .2 ｟非難して やや古 ｠インチキ薬, (おそらく効かないであろう )薬 .