• Restorative

    Full definition of restorative

    Noun

    restorative

    (plural restoratives)
    1. Something with restoring properties.
    2. (euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.
      • Wodehouse Offing|XIV|“Well, let's hope you're right, darling. In the meantime,” said Kipper, “if I don't get that whisky-and-soda soon, I shall disintegrate. Would you mind if I went in search of it, Mrs Travers?” “It's the very thing I was about to suggest myself. Dash along and drink your fill, my unhappy young stag at eve.” “I'm feeling rather like a restorative, too,” said Bobbie. “Me also,” I said, swept along on the tide of the popular movement. “Though I would advise,” I said, when we were outside, “making it port. More authority.”

    Adjective

    restorative
    1. Serving to restore.After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.
      • MiltonDestroys life's enemy,
        Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.
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