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Word of the Day for Saturday, May 9, 2009nostrum \NOS-truhm\, noun: 1. A medicine of secret composition and unproven or dubious effectiveness; a quack medicine. James is put to work at country fairs, promoting a quack nostrum for pain relief. His hopeful message attracted an audience eager to believe he had found the nostrum for all of society's ills. Old ladies were always offering her their advice, recommending this or that nostrum. Nostrum comes from Latin nostrum (remedium), "our (remedy)," from nos, "we." | |||||||||
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