nostrum

• n. 秘密の処方; 特許薬; 万能薬.

ラテン語のnostrum remediumから、故郷の薬、先祖伝来の薬、nostrum、私たちの、故郷、語源は私たちと同じ、私たちの、remedium、治療、薬、語源はremedyと同じである。

nostrum (n.)

"quack medicine," c. 1600, from Latin nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from Latin nostrum, neuter of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us).

1. Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment.

失業問題を解決する妙策を鼓吹する。

2.He told the patient that he had a nostrum .

彼は患者に秘法があることを教えた。