hashish
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic حشيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hæˈʃiːʃ/, /ˈhæʃɪʃ/
Noun
hashish (usually uncountable; plural hashishes)
- The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 44:
- Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
- 1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins
- You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 44:
- A cannabis extract (See
Hashish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia). - (slang) marijuana generally.
Related terms
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:marijuana
Translations
dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
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