dexamyl

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Brand name, blend of dextro- +‎ amphetamine +‎ amyl.

Noun[edit]

dexamyl (uncountable)

  1. Drinamyl.
    • 2012, Susan Sontag, “6/8/65 7 a.m.”, in David Rieff, editor, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 88:
      After 25 hours of work (dexamyl—uninterrupted except for an hour with Lottman and, later, Alphaville) I think I've sorted things out.

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