hashish
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
Pronunciation
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, published 1964, page 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.
- 1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Eight Cousins:
- You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
- A cannabis extract.
- (slang) Marijuana generally.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:marijuana
Related terms
Translations
dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
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marijuana generally — see cannabis
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃiʃ/*, (traditional) /aʃˈʃiʃ/*
- Rhymes: -aʃʃiʃ, (traditional) -iʃ
- Hyphenation: hà‧shish, (traditional) ha‧shìsh
Noun
hashish m (invariable)
References
- ^ hashish in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- hashish in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana