Definitions for paregoric

paregoric par·e·gor·ic

Spelling: [par-i-gawr-ik, -gor-]
IPA: /ˌpær ɪˈgɔr ɪk, -ˈgɒr-/

Paregoric is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 367 anagrams from letters in paregoric (acegioprr).

Definitions for paregoric

noun

  1. a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
  2. any soothing medicine; anodyne.

adjective

  1. Archaic. assuaging pain; soothing.

Origin of paregoric

1675-85; Late Latin parēgoricus Greek parēgorikós soothing, equivalent to parḗgor(os) pertaining to consolatory speech (equivalent to par- par- + -ēgor-, combining for

Examples for paregoric

Syrup of poppies, syrup of squills, and paregoric, equal parts.

Boil them to a syrup; and when quite cold, add two table-spoonfuls of paregoric elixir, which is made in the following manner.

“You had better have some cotton-wool and paregoric on it, then,” said her mother.

Go home, you foolish boy, and get some paregoric and let Adolphus take off the prize.

It macerates its opium and percolates its own laudanum and paregoric.

There is a smell of camphor and paregoric, and a jingle of glass, and a display of woman's apparel.

And neither is paregoric to be administered wholesale for colic.

She, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric, in a basket on her arm.

It smells as if someone had been drinking quarts of paregoric!

Oh, my goodness me sakes alive and some paregoric lollypops!

Word Value for paregoric
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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