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laudanum

[ lawd-n-uhm, lawd-nuhm ]

noun

  1. a tincture of opium.
  2. Obsolete. any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient.


laudanum

/ ˈlɔːdənəm /

noun

  1. a tincture of opium
  2. (formerly) any medicine of which opium was the main ingredient
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of laudanum1

1595–1605; originally Medieval Latin variant of ladanum; arbitrarily used by Paracelsus to name a remedy based on opium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laudanum1

C16: New Latin, name chosen by Paracelsus for a preparation probably containing opium, perhaps based on labdanum
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Example Sentences

An hour later, I heard he was dead: that on his way to his home he had purchased a bottle of laudanum and swallowed the contents!

Glancing out I saw one of the calves investigating a bed of poppies as if meditating a dose of laudanum to induce sleepfulness.

Do not put laudanum or other remedies into the ear, other than are herein suggested, without your physician's knowledge.

Paregoric and laudanum, medicines sometimes given to young children, are examples of dangerous drugs that contain opium.

This note and a laudanum bottle were beside her when, next morning, she was found lying dead.

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