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Noun
1. Nostrum — A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it
Definitions
- n. 1
A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.
Near-synonyms: nostrum, nostrum remedium
Related words
- Is a kind of
- prayer beads prayer bead
Forms
- Plural
- paternosters → nostrums…
Example sentences
- nostrum Mary dismissed the diet plan as just another fashionable nostrum.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| paternoster | rising | |
| nostrum | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- nostrum