e‧lix‧ir /ɪˈlɪksə $ -ər/
noun[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: Arabic al-iksir 'the elixir', probably from Greek xerion 'powder for drying wounds', from xeros 'dry']
1. [countable] literary a magical liquid that is supposed to cure people of illness, make them younger etc:
the search for the elixir of life2. [countable] something that is supposed to solve problems as if by magic:
The current new wave of technology should prove an economic elixir. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲