panacean.

Brit.

/ˌpanəˈsɪə/,

/ˌpanəˈsiːə/, U.S.

/ˌpænəˈsiə/

Forms: 1500s panachea, 1500s–1600s panachaea, 1500s– panacea, 1600s panacaea.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin panacēa.

Etymology: < classical Latin panacēa, any of various plants reputed to have universal healing powers, also personified as the daughter of Aesculapius < Hellenistic Greek πανάκεια plant reputed to have universal healing powers, universal remedy, already in ancient Greek personified as the daughter of Asclepius, god of healing < Hellenistic Greek πανακής all-healing (see panace n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare earlier panace n.

a. A remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to cure all diseases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > a cure or remedy > universal

panacea1548

heal-all1577

universal1656

panpharmacal1657

panacaeon1684

panacya1690

universality1756

cure-all1870

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > universal medicine

mithridatum1526

mithridate1528

mithridaticon?1544

panacea1548

mithridatium1559

heal-all1577

catholicon1611

panchreston1623

allheal1630

panpharmacon1649

universal1656

diacatholicon1665

panacaeon1684

panacya1690

panchrest1728

universality1756

cure-all1870

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 8 b [That] which they call panacea, a medicine (as they affirme) effectual and of muche vertue, but knowen to no man.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 24 Physitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachea.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines Pref. sig. B This Panacæa was a certaine medicine made of saffron, quick siluer, vermilion, antimonie, and certaine sea shels made vp in fashion of triangular lozenges.

1652 J. Evelyn State of France 100 Phlebotomie, which is their Panacea for all Diseases.

1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1058 Tis where it grows in the Woods counted a general Panacea.

1759 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 243 There cannot be..an absolute panacea—a medicine that will cure every disease incident to the human body.

1859 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 1 145/1 A common sweat house..is their great panacea for all diseases.

1867 Mrs. H. Wood Orville Coll. II. xi. 256 Coffee was his panacea for most ailments.

1881 Daily News 19 Sept. 5/3 Of course the ‘attenuated anthracoid microbe’ is not a panacea.

1950 G. B. Shaw Farfetched Fables 90 Lying advertisements of panaceas, prophylactics, elixirs, [etc.].

1985 R. Owen Lett. from Moscow 171 Vodka..is another popular panacea. Taken with salt, vodka can allegedly cure most stomach complaints.

b. figurative. Something used to solve all problems; a practice or course of action adopted in every case of difficulty; a universal cure.

ΚΠ

1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 24 The godly Preacher..procures the generall panacea of patience, to ease all paines.

1755 P. Whitehead Epist. to Dr. Thompson in Poems (1790) 160 What sovereign med'cine can its course reclaim? What, but the poet's panacea—shame!

1756 H. Walpole Let. 8 Dec. in Corr. (1941) IX. 31 Can Mr Pitt..find a panacea for all our disgraces?

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1826) III. vii. 151 A panacea for worse ills.

1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 26 711 There is one panacea which heals every sore in litigation, and that is costs.

1917 E. W. Wilcox Poet. Wks. 365 Of foreign travel, which I hoped would be A panacea for my troubled mind.

1951 H. Arendt Burden of our Time ii. v. 147 It [sc. imperialism] seemed to be God-sent, a cure for all evils, an easy panacea for all conflicts.

1992 New Republic 25 May 9/1 The panaceas of ‘empowerment’—homeownership, tenant-management schemes, and the like—..fail to address the gravity of the situation.

†2. A plant reputed to heal all diseases; allheal or woundwort. Cf. panace n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts

boneworteOE

springworteOE

atterlothec1000

halswortc1000

bruisewortOE

motherworta1200

panax?a1200

bloodworta1300

serpentinea1400

tutsana1400

wartworta1400

wormseeda1400

grace of God?c1400

nailworta1425

Gratia Dei?c1425

sanguinaryc1440

panacea1522

parthenium1548

woundwort1548

wart-weed1573

cardiaca1578

hermodactyl1578

panacea1590

holy seed1597

whitlow-grass1597

feverwort1611

fever and ague root1676

rattlesnake root1682

snake-root1712

cancer root1714

fever-root1739

strongback1739

rheumatism root1835

heal-all1853

wound-weed1857

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > reputed all-healing herb

panax?a1200

panacea1522

panacea1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg5 Whether yt diuine Tobacco were, Or Panachæa, or Polygony, Shee fownd, and brought it to her patient deare.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 406 Costrum, that hearbe-Mary hight: With Panacea, most of might.

1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest v. 74 I glided to the British Isles, and there the purple Panacea found.

1700 N. Tate Panacea 31 This Panacea, this Reviving Plant.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Panacea,..the Herb All-heal or Wound-wort.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Panacea, Panaces, or Panax,..is also applied to several plants, by reason of the extraordinary virtues ascribed to them.

†3. panacea of mercury n. Obsolete calomel washed in purified alcohol, formerly used medicinally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicine prepared from mercury

mercury1617

blue pill1670

calomel1676

mercurial1676

silver-pill1753

blue mass1823

panacea of mercury1823

grey powder1842

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 96 Add what is called, white panacea of mercury, (calomel washed in spirits of wine).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	panacea
释义	panacean. Brit. /ˌpanəˈsɪə/, /ˌpanəˈsiːə/, U.S. /ˌpænəˈsiə/ Forms: 1500s panachea, 1500s–1600s panachaea, 1500s– panacea, 1600s panacaea. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin panacēa. Etymology: < classical Latin panacēa, any of various plants reputed to have universal healing powers, also personified as the daughter of Aesculapius < Hellenistic Greek πανάκεια plant reputed to have universal healing powers, universal remedy, already in ancient Greek personified as the daughter of Asclepius, god of healing < Hellenistic Greek πανακής all-healing (see panace n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare earlier panace n. 1. a. A remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to cure all diseases. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > a cure or remedy > universal panacea1548 heal-all1577 universal1656 panpharmacal1657 panacaeon1684 panacya1690 universality1756 cure-all1870 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > universal medicine mithridatum1526 mithridate1528 mithridaticon?1544 panacea1548 mithridatium1559 heal-all1577 catholicon1611 panchreston1623 allheal1630 panpharmacon1649 universal1656 diacatholicon1665 panacaeon1684 panacya1690 panchrest1728 universality1756 cure-all1870 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 8 b [That] which they call panacea, a medicine (as they affirme) effectual and of muche vertue, but knowen to no man. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 24 Physitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachea. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines Pref. sig. B This Panacæa was a certaine medicine made of saffron, quick siluer, vermilion, antimonie, and certaine sea shels made vp in fashion of triangular lozenges. 1652 J. Evelyn State of France 100 Phlebotomie, which is their Panacea for all Diseases. 1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1058 Tis where it grows in the Woods counted a general Panacea. 1759 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 243 There cannot be..an absolute panacea—a medicine that will cure every disease incident to the human body. 1859 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 1 145/1 A common sweat house..is their great panacea for all diseases. 1867 Mrs. H. Wood Orville Coll. II. xi. 256 Coffee was his panacea for most ailments. 1881 Daily News 19 Sept. 5/3 Of course the ‘attenuated anthracoid microbe’ is not a panacea. 1950 G. B. Shaw Farfetched Fables 90 Lying advertisements of panaceas, prophylactics, elixirs, [etc.]. 1985 R. Owen Lett. from Moscow 171 Vodka..is another popular panacea. Taken with salt, vodka can allegedly cure most stomach complaints. b. figurative. Something used to solve all problems; a practice or course of action adopted in every case of difficulty; a universal cure. ΚΠ 1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 24 The godly Preacher..procures the generall panacea of patience, to ease all paines. 1755 P. Whitehead Epist. to Dr. Thompson in Poems (1790) 160 What sovereign med'cine can its course reclaim? What, but the poet's panacea—shame! 1756 H. Walpole Let. 8 Dec. in Corr. (1941) IX. 31 Can Mr Pitt..find a panacea for all our disgraces? 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1826) III. vii. 151 A panacea for worse ills. 1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 26 711 There is one panacea which heals every sore in litigation, and that is costs. 1917 E. W. Wilcox Poet. Wks. 365 Of foreign travel, which I hoped would be A panacea for my troubled mind. 1951 H. Arendt Burden of our Time ii. v. 147 It [sc. imperialism] seemed to be God-sent, a cure for all evils, an easy panacea for all conflicts. 1992 New Republic 25 May 9/1 The panaceas of ‘empowerment’—homeownership, tenant-management schemes, and the like—..fail to address the gravity of the situation. †2. A plant reputed to heal all diseases; allheal or woundwort. Cf. panace n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > reputed all-healing herb panax?a1200 panacea1522 panacea1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg5 Whether yt diuine Tobacco were, Or Panachæa, or Polygony, Shee fownd, and brought it to her patient deare. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 406 Costrum, that hearbe-Mary hight: With Panacea, most of might. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest v. 74 I glided to the British Isles, and there the purple Panacea found. 1700 N. Tate Panacea 31 This Panacea, this Reviving Plant. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Panacea,..the Herb All-heal or Wound-wort. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Panacea, Panaces, or Panax,..is also applied to several plants, by reason of the extraordinary virtues ascribed to them. †3. panacea of mercury n. Obsolete calomel washed in purified alcohol, formerly used medicinally. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicine prepared from mercury mercury1617 blue pill1670 calomel1676 mercurial1676 silver-pill1753 blue mass1823 panacea of mercury1823 grey powder1842 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 96 Add what is called, white panacea of mercury, (calomel washed in spirits of wine). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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