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opium

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/Part of speech nounSorted imopuStarts with OEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“juice, resin”).

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  • From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…]
  • Opium is largely used by the Chinese as a sexual provocation, both by men and women.
  • Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.
    A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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