heroin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 2 Bosnian 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Noun 4 Danish 4.1 Noun 5 Serbian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Since the 1890s from a German trademark < Ancient Greek ἥρως (hērōs), “‘hero’”) (due to the feelings of power and exaltation while under the influence of the drug).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Homophones: heroine

[edit] Noun

heroin (uncountable)

1. A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as a narcotic in most of the world.

[edit] Quotations

• 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22^nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”

  The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.

[edit] Synonyms

• (chemical names): diacetylmorphine, diamorphine
• (street names): Big H, boy, dope, junk, horse, skag, smack
• See also Wikisaurus:heroin

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[edit] Bosnian

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heroin m (uncountable)

1. heroin

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[edit] Czech

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heroin m.

1. heroin

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[edit] Danish

Wikipedia ^da

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heroin c. n. (singular definite heroinen or heroinet, uncountable)

1. heroin

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[edit] Serbian

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heroin m. inanimate uncountable (Cyrillic spelling хероин)

1. heroin

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

heroin (-et, rarely as plural)

1. heroin