magistral

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/

Adjective

magistral

1. Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative. [from 16th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 889:

     Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish.

2. (obsolete, pharmacology) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective. [16th-17th c.]
3. (pharmacology) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. [from 16th c.]

Noun

magistral

1. A sovereign medicine or remedy.
2. (countable) A magistral line.
3. (mostly, uncountable) powdered#English|Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

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