NOSTRUM


Meaning of NOSTRUM in English

n. 1 a quack remedy, a patent medicine, esp. one prepared by the person recommending it. 2 a pet scheme, esp. for political or social reform.

[ L, neut. of noster our, used in sense 'of our own make' ]

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