peyotl
English
Noun
peyotl (uncountable)
- Alternative form of peyote
- 1954, Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, Chatto & Windus, page 5:
- Jaensch, Havelock Ellis and Weir Mitchell began their experiments with mescalin, the active principle of peyotl.
Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Related to peyōni "to glisten" according to Andrews (2003).
Pronunciation
Kartunnen (1983) writes peyotl; Andrews (2003) writes peyōtl; Lockhart (2001) says "length of vowels unknown; o most likely long".
Noun
peyotl
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 246.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 193.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.