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paregoric

par·e·gor·ic [ pàrrə gáwrik ]


noun 
Definition:
 
opium-based painkiller: a camphorated tincture of opium, once a major source of opium addiction. Use: formerly, nonprescription painkiller.



adjective 
Definition:
 
soothing: soothing or painkilling

[Late 17th century. Via late Latin< Greek parēgorikos "soothing" < para "beside" + agoreuein "speak"]
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