chlorodyne
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English
Etymology
Blend of chloroform + anodyne.
Pronunciation
Noun
chlorodyne (countable and uncountable, plural chlorodynes)
- A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Consequences”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 71:
- Then he began, for he had a good memory, quoting a few of the more important notes in the papers—slowly and one by one as a man drops chlorodyne into a glass.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, “chapter 5”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. , →OCLC:
- Mr. Pappleworth arrived, chewing a chlorodyne gum, at about twenty to nine, when all the other men were at work.