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strychnine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɹɪk.niːn/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstrɪknɪn/ (UK)
• /ˈstrɪkˌnaɪn/ (US)
• /ˈstrɪkˌnin/ (US)

Etymology

From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) + -ine.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide.
   • Only don’t say I didn’t warn you if he burns Green Gables down or puts strychnine in the well—I heard of a case over in New Brunswick where an orphan asylum child did that and the whole family died in fearful agonies. 1908, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
   • […] strychnine is a fairly rapid drug in its action. The symptoms appear from one to two hours after it has been swallowed. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles:

Forms

Deriveds

strychnine tree · hydrochloride of strychnine · strychninism · strychnine hydrochloride · strychnic · strychninize

Translations (27)

ko 스트리크닌 (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · sv stryknin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · ru стрихни́н (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · eo striknino (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · gl esternina (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · tr striknin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · io striknino (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · fi strykniini (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · nn stryknin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · cmn 馬錢子鹼 /马钱子碱 (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · nb stryknin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · es estricnina (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · cmn 士的寧 /士的宁 (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · cmn 番木鱉鹼 /番木鳖碱 (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · gl estricnina (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · pt estricnina (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · cmn 番木虌鹼 /番木虌碱 (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · nv mąʼiitsoh bee yigą́ (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · ja ストリキニーネ (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · it stricnina (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · nl strychnine (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · pl strychnina (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · de Strychnin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · ja ストリキニン (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · cs strychnin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · hu sztrichnin (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) · fr strychnine (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid)