NOSTRUM


Meaning of NOSTRUM in English

[ 'nɒstrəm ]

■ noun

1》 an ineffective medicine prepared by an unqualified person.

2》 a favourite method for bringing about social or political reform.

Origin

C17: from L., used in the sense '(something) of our own making', neut. of noster 'our'.

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