majoun

English

Alternative forms

• madjoon, madjoun, majoon (all archaic)
• majum, majun

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, literally “paste”).

Noun

majoun (uncountable)

1. A paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.
   • 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, pages 219–220:

     I recall once after an overdose of Majoun (this is Cannabis dried and finely powdered to consistency of green powdered sugar and mixed with some confection or other usually tasting like gritty plum pudding, but the choice of confectionary is arbitrary . . .).