nostrum
noun/ˈnɒs.tɹəm/UK/ˈnɑ.stɹəm/US
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nostrum (“ours”), nominative neuter of noster (“our, ours”).
- learned borrowing from nostrum
Definitions
A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable…
A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
- Near-synonyms: paternoster, patent medicine, snake oil
- In precisely the same way does a quack doctor prescribe his infallible nostrum to every patient, without taking into account differences of constitution, or [...]
An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action.
- reformers of church charities [...made] known […] their different nostrums for setting Hiram's Hospital on its feet again.
- In a paper being published today, he writes: "The traditional Conservative vision of welfare as a safety net encompasses another outdated Tory nostrum - that poverty is absolute, not relative. […]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nostrum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA