morphinomane
English edit
Etymology edit
From morphine + -mane, after French morphinomane.
Noun edit
morphinomane (plural morphinomanes)
- Someone who is addicted to morphine.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 985-6:
- He was nodding slowly with the mandarin-like nodding of the morphinomane – though he was not one in real fact.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 985-6:
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Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
morphinomane m or f by sense (plural morphinomanes)
Further reading edit
- “morphinomane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.