elixir of life

Noun

Meaning

a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

elixir cure-all universal solvent elixir of immortality

Hypernyms

elixir

Examples

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life. Ernest Renan

And when they say, "Well, who do you want to play the mummy?", I say "I don't know, I mean the person playing the mummy has to play Ramses II of Egypt; he has to play an immortal who drank the elixir of life. Source: Internet

My dad is also a fan of yours — we had a close call with him last May, and your matzo ball soup was the first thing I made for him when we got him home from the hospital… He calls it the elixir of life. Source: Internet

In the show, after discovering an elixir of life in Florida in the late 1950s, a billionaire secretly builds the town of Under. Source: Internet

We left our tents set up, hoping they might dry a little better and headed to the Voss train station where we knew we'd find the elixir of life, free wi-fi. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

elixation elixir elixir of immortality elixir of vitriol elixir proprietatis elixir vitae