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paregorics

paregorics is the plural of paregoric.

Meaning of paregoric

Noun

paregoric (countable and uncountable, plural paregorics)

  1. A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain; specifically the traditional patent medicine consisting of camphorated tincture of opium.
    • They bought paregoric in the drug store and drank it. They formed a drugged and stupefied line against the side of the drug store building. Studs was so helpless that Red Kelly had to take him home.1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 16, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan

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Questions about paregorics

What is paregorics the plural of?
Paregorics is the plural of paregoric.

Words near paregorics in the dictionary

  1. paregmenon
  2. paregmenons
  3. paregoric
  4. paregorick
  5. paregoricks
  6. paregorics
  7. pareiasaur
  8. pareiasaurian
  9. pareiasaurians
  10. pareiasaurid
  11. pareiasaurids

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