Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Paregoric

Paregoric , adjective

[Latin paregoricus, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + {not transcribed} an assembly: compare French parégorique. See Allegory.]

Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.

Paregoric , noun

(Medicine) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.