benzedrine
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English
Etymology
From the trade name for the first pharmaceutical (racemic) amphetamine (1932), derived from benzyl-methyl carbinamine.[1]
Noun
benzedrine (uncountable)
- The racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine).
- 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 10:
- […] who chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Battery to holy Bronx on benzedrine until the noise of wheels and children brought them down […]
- 1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Faber and Faber, page 118:
- Then I would be way ahead when college started at the end of September, and able to enjoy my last year instead of swotting away with no make-up and stringy hair, on a diet of coffee and benzedrine, the way most of the seniors taking honours did, until they finished their thesis.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Samuel H. Barondes (2003) chapter 5, in Better than Prozac, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 62–63
Further reading
amphetamine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Noun
benzedrine f
- plural of benzedrina