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Webster 1913 Edition
Laudanum
Lau′da-num
,Noun.
Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.
☞ A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water. English laudanum should have ten grains less of opium in the fluid ounce.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Laudanum
LAUD'ANUM
,Noun.
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See also: Laudanum
English
Noun
laudanum (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)
- 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
Verb
laudanum (third-person singular simple present laudanums, present participle laudanuming, simple past and past participle laudanumed)
- (transitive) To add laudanum to (a drink or the like).
- (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).
Latin
Noun
laudanum
References
- LAUDANUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)