NOSTRUMS

Noun

nostrums

plural of nostrum

Source: Wiktionary


NOSTRUM

Nos"trum n.; pl. Nostrums. Etym: [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]

1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.

2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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