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Meaning of potable gold | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A theoretical substance which would confer eternal life on the drinker.
    uncountable
  2. A preparation consisting of gold particles in oil and alcohol.
    historical, uncountable

Examples

“This tradition found its way to the West in the notion of ‘potable gold’ (aurum potabile), a medicine that, if drunk, would cure all manner of ills.”
“The tincture of the gold known as Mademoiselle Grimaldi's potable gold had a wide reputation in the eighteenth century as an aphrodisiac stimulant.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Potableness Potables Potage potager potagerie potaholic

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