panacea
/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
Example Sentences
- "A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes."
- "When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, that both sisters were thankful when they embarked again, as the sea appeared a resting-place..."
- "Podson was seated on the bed, going through such turf forecasts as he could find in the papers; his panacea for correcting the mistakes of fortune."
- "Hydrogen is not a panacea for reaching the zero net emissions target by 2050, but it can grow to become "a big niche" fuel in particular sectors and applications, claims a new report."
- "But dollarization is not a panacea for Argentina’s crisis-stricken economy, analysts say."
- "There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]"
Etymology
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: panacēa, πανάκεια, Πανακεια
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
- British English: /ˌpænəˈsiːə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.