laudanum

See also Laudanum

English

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Etymology

Coined by Paracelsus for a tincture he made containing opium, from New Latin, from Latin laudare (“to praise”), or ladanum (“a gum resin”), from Ancient Greek λάδανον (ladanon). Originally the same word as ladanum, ladbdanum, compare French laudanum, Italian laudano, ladano. See ladanum.

Noun

laudanum (uncountable)

1. A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

Derived terms

• Dutchman's laudanum

Translations

the tincture of opium once widely used

• Czech: laudanum (cs) n
• French: laudanum (fr) m
• German: Laudanum (de) n
• Italian: laudano (it) m

• Latin: laudanum (la)
• Portuguese: láudano (pt) m

Verb

laudanum (third-person singular simple present laudanums, present participle laudanuming, simple past and past participle laudanumed) (transitive)

1. To add laudanum to (a drink or the like).
2. (rare) To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum.

References

• laudanum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “laudanum” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Czech

Noun

laudanum n

1. laudanum (tincture of opium)

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔ.da.nɔm/, X-SAMPA: /lO.da.nOm/

Noun

laudanum m

1. laudanum

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Latin

Noun

laudanum

1. laudanum