Vocabulary Word
Word: nostrum
Definition: questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
Definition: questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)
Sentences Containing 'nostrum'
Equidem etiam curiam nostram, Hostiliam dico, non hanc novam, quae mihi minor esse videtur postquam est maior, solebam intuens, Scipionem, Catonem, Laelium, nostrum vero in primis avum cogitare.
More Vocab Words
::: epistemologist - philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge; N. epistemology::: agog - highly excited; intensely curious
::: anarchy - absence of governing body; state of disorder
::: emollient - soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ.
::: metaphor - implied comparison; CF. simile
::: fallow - (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated
::: bedraggle - wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled
::: homage - honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do homage to
::: buxom - full-bosomed; plump; jolly
::: inadvertently - unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
