panacæa

See also: panacaea

English

Noun

panacæa (plural panacæas)

1. Obsolete spelling of panacea
   • 1750, Peter Shaw, The Reflector: Representing Human Affairs, as They are:

     In most of the grand Articles, these slow-paced Societies afford us but little Comfort; and return Ignoramus upon many an Enquiry: whilst a Blacksmith will easily show you the Philosopher's Stone ; every Apothecary help us to a Panacæa ; every Watchmaker to the perpetual Motion ; and every Pilot to the Longitude.

   • 1758, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review - Volume 19, page 480:

     It treats next of those who contended for the prolongation of life by antidotes and panacæas, transcribing here a strange elećtary from Aćtuarius, in which euphorbium makes one ingredient.

   • 1797, Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, Encyclopædia britannica:

     ... so that they are, for the sake of this panacæa, seized by surprise ; as this oil is subservient to the above-mentioned medical purposes.