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English
Etymology
From morphine + -mane, after French morphinomane.
Noun
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.
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
morphinomane m or f by sense (plural morphinomanes)
- morphinomane
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