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laudanum

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɔːdənəm/Part of speech nounSorted aadlmnuuStarts with LEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

Word origin

From New Latin, from lādanum (“a gum resin”), from Ancient Greek λᾱ́δανον (lā́danon). Originally the same word as ladanum, labdanum, compare French laudanum, Italian laudano, ladano. Perhaps influenced by Latin laudō (“to praise”). See ladanum.

Used in a sentence

  • Whatever else was wanting to a wise man's happiness, —of laudanum I would have given him as much as he wished, and in a golden cup.
  • Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
  • Laudanum, a derivative of opium, was the name given to a secret remedy concocted by the occultist Paracelsus, in the sixteenth century.

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