Definitions For Opodeldoc

Noun

OPODELDOC. (countable and uncountable, plural OPODELDOCs) (obsolete) A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, used for external injury, injuries. (obsolete) A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap in alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils.

Quotations

1857, {{w, Thomas Hughes}}, Tom Brown's School Days, part I, chapter 6. : {{..., "Well, mind and get all right for next Saturday";}} and the leader passed on, leaving East better for those few words than all the opodeldoc in England would have made him{{..., , and Tom ready to give one of his ears for as much notice.}}

Etymology

So called by Paracelsus. The first syllable may be from "vegetable juice".