heroin
English
Etymology
Since the 1890s, from German Heroin, originally a trademark said to derive from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”) (due to the feelings of power and exaltation while under the influence of the drug) and the suffix -in (“-ine”). Alternatively explained as reference to the heroic school of medicine.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
heroin (countable and uncountable, plural heroins)
- A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. [from late 19th century]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
- 1967, “Heroin”, in Lou Reed (music), The Velvet Underground & Nico, performed by The Velvet Underground:
- Wow, that heroin is in my blood / And the blood is in my head / Yeah, thank God that I'm good as dead / Ooohhh, thank your God that I'm not aware / And thank God that I just don't care / And I guess I just don't know
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd 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.
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Synonyms
- (chemical names): diacetylmorphine, diamorphine
- (street names): Big H, boy, brown, dope, junk, H, horse, Ron, shit, skag, smack, train, yam yam
Translations
powerful and addictive drug
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Further reading
References
- ^ Marcus Aurin (2000 September) “Chasing the Dragon: The Cultural Metamorphosis of Opium in the United States, 1825-1935”, in Medical Anthropology Quarterly, volume 14, number 3, , pages 414-441
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Czech
Noun
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Further reading
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
heroin c or n (singular definite heroinen or heroinet, uncountable)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eroin
Noun
heroin
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
heroin
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
heròīn m (Cyrillic spelling херо̀ӣн)
Declension
Declension of heroin
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
heroin n
Declension
Declension of heroin | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | heroin | heroinet | — | — |
Genitive | heroins | heroinets | — | — |
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