yage

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See also: yagé

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish yagé, from Cofán yagé or yajé.

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Noun

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yage (uncountable)

  1. Ayahuasca.
    • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
      Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
    • 1953 April 12, William S. Burroughs, “To Allen Ginsberg”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, →ISBN, page 155:
      A large dose of Yage is sheer horror. I was completely delirious for four hours and vomiting at 10 minute intervals.

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