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chlorodyne en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈklɒɹədaɪn/

Etymology

By genericization from a trade name, which was from a blend of chloroform + anodyne.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia, and other substances.
   • Mr. Pappleworth arrived, chewing a chlorodyne gum, at about twenty to nine, when all the other men were at work. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 5”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
   • Then he began, for he had a good memory, quoting a few of the more important notes in the papers—slowly and one by one as a man drops chlorodyne into a glass. 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Consequences”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 71:

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